Israeli coalition talks begin as vote cleared and Netanyahu alleges foreign meddling

Israel's elections committee cleared last week's vote while Netanyahu alleged foreign interference, as President Herzog opened coalition consultations.

• The Central Elections Committee said its audit of last week's vote found no violations, hours before Herzog received the official results.
• Netanyahu said "serious suspicions" exist that foreign countries spent large sums to influence the Israeli election results.
• The United Arab List said it will recommend Eisenkot to form the next government; Eisenkot said voters chose change and called for an "emergency national government."
• Trump pledged to halt $4 billion in annual US funding to Israel.