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Flavio Bolsonaro failed to gain power, Aleksandar Vucic was voted out of office, and even Benjamin Netanyahu's position has weakened. An unhappy US President Trump is crying electoral fraud.
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party alleged on Thursday, without providing evidence, that Arab parties' record gains in an election this week were driven in part by voter fraud. These accusations represent an escalation of anti-Arab rhetoric by Netanyahu and his far-right partners after Arab-led parties made a historic showing in the election – giving them a potential kingmaker role in the next government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition won the most seats in the general election but fell eight short of a parliamentary majority, final results showed Friday. Arab party groupings emerged as potential kingmakers, while allegations of foreign interference threatened to complicate efforts to form a government.
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud claims large-scale foreign involvement in the elections led by Qatar and Turkey, with Israel’s authorities so far refuting the claims.
Benjamin Netanyahu's camp increased its attacks on Israeli Arab parties on Thursday, on the way to obtaining a high number of seats in the Knesset after Tuesday's parliamentary elections. He accuses them of having received funds from abroad. President Isaac Herzog called on him not to stigmatize the entire Israeli Arab vote.
Netanyahu takes advantage of the demand to try to avoid an agreement between the Jewish and Arab opposition parties that will unblock him from power after the elections
Israel’s Central Elections Committee on Thursday called on the Shin Bet chief to investigate allegations of foreign interference in the elections, including suspected funding linked to Qatar. With more than 90% of the ballots counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has gained 53 seats, with the opposition at 67, including 48 for Gadi Eisenkot's centrist bloc and 19 for the Arab-majority parties. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
The Likud turns the polls and achieves a new victory after exploiting the fear of the majority of Israel of a nuclear Iran and racism towards the Arabs
With more than 90 per cent of the blank ballots, Benjamin Netanyahu's block remained 53 seats on Thursday, compared with 49 in the main opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot and 19 in the majority Arab parties. The Central Electoral Commission began in the night to strip the votes by correspondence. Follow our direct on these laws.
The Israelis were divided after the legislative elections. The preliminary results place Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc as the most voted force, though without a clear majority to form government. While some citizens celebrate the result and expect political stability, others express their rejection of a new Prime Minister's mandate. In the occupied West Bank, many Palestinians claim that they want to leave Netanyahu, but they doubt that there are substantial changes, considering that the main parties hold similar positions on the conflict.
The scrutiny, already advanced, does not give the majority to the bloc in favour of either the Prime Minister or the Jewish opposition. Arab parties become indispensable partners, but the Executive accuses them of electoral fraud
In the absence of the completion of the final count, the Palestinian citizens of Israel are moving towards a record number of seats in Parliament, becoming a decisive force for the formation of a government. While these parties have shown their willingness to work together to unblock Benjamin Netanyahu, the leaders of the Jewish opposition face the dilemma of access to a cooperation that they promised in campaign not to carry out.
In Israel, the surprises only start with election night. They're still counting ballots in a vote that featured the highest turnout in decades, historic inroads by Arab parties and Benjamin Netanyahu's worst result since 1999. And yet, Israel's longest-serving prime minister still has a path to staying in power. As we await the definitive makeup of the next parliament, our panel breaks out the calculators and pie charts: in what scenario does Netanyahu survive? Is the issue with the right-wing Likud leader or his policies?
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to face greater constraints as Israel’s caretaker prime minister following Tuesday’s election. However, experts say his government could retain significant powers, including the authority to wage war against Iran. So what impact will the election have on Israel’s approach to Iran? France 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley shares further insights.
The Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently leading the polls in the parliamentary elections in Israel with 20.8% of the votes, while its main rival, the Yashar party of Eisenkot, is 16.1%. However, none of the coalition parties would reach the 61 seats required to obtain the majority. Report from our correspondent, Janira Gómez Muñoz.
The parliamentary elections in Israel leave a scene without clear majorities and opened a new stage of political negotiations. The polls at the mouth of the ballot point out that neither the bloc of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the opposition led by retired general Gadi Eisenkot would reach the 61 seats necessary to rule. In the France 24 Debate we discussed how the alliances will be shaped and what role the Arab parties could play in the formation of the next government.
After an electoral blockade in which neither the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, achieved a majority for their respective blocks, Netanyahu has promised to form a new government, stating that no leader should rule with the support of the Israeli Arabs, whose parties made significant progress. The extreme left-wing opposition leader, Yousef Jabareen, responded by advocating a "true Jewish-Arab association" to unbank Netanyahu. Follow our live website to get to know the latest news.
In the aftermath of the Israeli legislative elections, the two Israeli Arab lists are on their way to winning a record number of seats in the Knesset on Wednesday. While no bloc seems able to obtain the absolute majority alone, the support of the Arab parties appears to be the only option of the opposition to bring down Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli parties open an arduous, week-long negotiation in which Arab formations will play a key role
In Tel Aviv, supporters of Gadi Eisenkot dared to hope. In Jerusalem, those of Benjamin Netanyahu greet, over the hours, the trend that is reversed. Two headquarters and the same anxious expectation in an extremely tight election, following the voting day of Tuesday, October 27.
