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Israel enters coalition deadlock after neither camp wins a Knesset majority
October 31, 2026 at 10:59 AM · Updated 2h ago
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MAMasrawy
منصور عباس: شروط أيزنكوت لن تعرقل انضمام القائمة العربية للحكومة
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مصالمصرى اليوم
4 سيناريوهات للخروج من أزمة تشكيل الحكومة في إسرائيل بعد إعلان نتائج الانتخابات.. أيهم أقرب؟ (تقرير)
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CNCNN
Israel’s election ended in deadlock. Here are four ways out
(opens the publisher’s site)Israel faces weeks of coalition talks after final election results left Netanyahu's bloc and the opposition short of the 61-seat Knesset majority.
- Final results gave Netanyahu's right-religious camp 53 seats and the opposition 48, with neither reaching the 61 needed for a majority.
- Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot set strict coalition conditions, including a universal conscription law and recognition of Hamas as a terrorist organization.
- Mansour Abbas said Eisenkot's conditions will not block the United Arab List's entry into a government, urging resolve to oust Netanyahu and flexibility in talks.
- Eisenkot, Bennett, Lieberman and Yair Golan announced they refuse to join a government led by Netanyahu.
- President Isaac Herzog will lead consultations to pick a candidate to form a government, with Netanyahu remaining caretaker prime minister.
- Israel has 12 weeks for coalition negotiations and could face a seventh general election in eight years.