Politics
Netanyahu's bloc leads Israeli election results but falls short of majority
October 29, 2026 at 08:29 PM · Updated 25m ago
5 reports · 3 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 2 hours
SNSky News Arabia
اجتماعات للمعارضة الإسرائيلية لبحث تشكيل ائتلاف حكومي
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يواليوم السابع
النتائج النهائية للانتخابات الإسرائيلية.. حزب نتنياهو يحصل على 53 مقعداً مقابل 48 للمعارضة
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AJAl Jazeera English
Israel election result shows no overall majority as vote count complete
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AJAl Jazeera English
‘Arab voice doesn’t count’: Jewish Israeli blocs reject Palestinian support
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MAMasrawy
بعد فرز جميع الأصوات.. نتنياهو يتصدر بـ53 مقعدا وآيزنكوت تاليا بـ48
(opens the publisher’s site)Final results gave Benjamin Netanyahu's pro-Likud bloc 53 seats and the opposition 48, with Arab parties holding 19 as no side reached a majority.
- The Central Elections Committee announced that Likud, with 27 seats, is the largest party, ahead of opposition leader Gadi Eizenkot's Yashar with 21.
- Arab parties won a record 19 seats combined, amid an estimated 80 percent turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
- Committee chairman Noam Sohlberg directed Shin Bet chief David Zini to investigate suspected foreign interference in Arab voter turnout, possibly involving Qatar and Turkey.
- Opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman ruled out forming a coalition with Palestinian parties, saying he would side with neither Netanyahu nor Arab lawmaker Ahmad Tibi.
- Opposition leaders met Thursday to explore coalition options, though forming a government requires Arab-led party support, which most rejected.
- Final election results are due to be certified by the Central Elections Committee by Wednesday.
- Democrats leader Yair Golan said he met with Gadi Eisenkot, Mansour Abbas, and Yair Lapid, writing on X that 'saving Israel is at stake.'