Key FactsNetanyahu Leads in Seat Projections
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: jpost.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: jpost.com
- Yair Golan urged the opposition to form a government with Arab parties and a 65-seat majority.
- The Central Elections Committee reported 77.7% turnout when polls closed at 10 p.m., 7.1% above the 2022 election.
- Nearly 80% of IDF troops voted in Israel’s 2026 Knesset election.
- Official results were expected by the end of Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
“We have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel's Arab citizens. A government that will serve all Israeli citizens,”— Yair Golan wrote this on Wednesday as he called on the opposition to form a government with Arab parties.
Current election results with over 70% of votes counted: Currently, no coalition has enough seats to control the Knesset
Netanyahu bloc - 54 seats
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US President Donald Trump says Netanyahu is in “pretty good shape now” after partial results were released.
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Israel election results live: Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs in tight race
Israel election results live: Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs in tight race
Golan urges opposition to form partnership with Arab parties to replace Netanyahu
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Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says millions of Israelis voted for change, tired of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘lies’. In his first public comment after ... Show more
Israeli exit polls: Eisenkot bloc eclipses Netanyahu's, but short of clear majority
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'The people of Israel are stupid': Inside Ben-Gvir's tense election night: Exit polls predicted six to seven seats for the party, and at headquarters ...
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Paid articlePaywall Israel’s Central Elections Committee has updated the interim results, after counting 85.6% of the votes.
Netanyahu’s bloc remains at 53 seats ... Show more
David Horovitz: "The PM is disseminating Iranian-style propaganda showing Tel Aviv under a mushroom cloud, and reportedly pressing his IDF chief to act ... Show more
Netanyahu, desperate, now tells us we'll all die if we don't re-elect him | The Times of Israel
Netanyahu, desperate, now tells us we'll all die if we don't re-elect him | The Times of Israel
Netanyahu’s camp narrowly ahead—but without a majority: Following the close election results in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Gazi Eisenkot are ...
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Netanyahu has been defeated. But there is only one way Eisenkot can ensure victory
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Paid articlePaywallExit polls show the Joint List and the United Arab List, both Arab-majority slates, with 16-18 seats, nearly double from the 10 seats the two parties had in ... Show more
Israel election: Israeli exit polls suggest no clear winner with Eisenkot's bloc just ahead of Netanyahu
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Israelis are voting on whether to oust Netanyahu in first election since Oct. 7 attack
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‘It looks like a come-from-behind stalemate, or even a win,’ President Trump credits his endorsement for Netanyahu’s election lead
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Israel’s election has no clear winner — but Netanyahu looks far from defeated again
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Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu remains far from defeated: Anxious Israelis watched election results take shape Wednesday after the highest ...
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Netanyahu’s Rival Eisenkot Wants to Form a New Government Quickly: Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp has lost its majority. Gadi Eisenkot, too, cannot govern alone with ...
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Israelis vote in their highest numbers in decades in pivotal elections: Israelis voted in their highest numbers in decades in a tense national election on ...
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Actress Gal Gadot posted an Instagram story of herself casting a vote in Israel’s election on Tuesday morning.
“That’s it, I’m exercising my right to vote ... Show more
Gal Gadot casts ballot, calls on Israelis to vote in 'momentous election' | The Times of Israel
Gal Gadot casts ballot, calls on Israelis to vote in 'momentous election' | The Times of Israel
Israel’s Joint Arab List party celebrated as exit polls projected as many as 18 parliamentary seats for the Arab-bloc. Record turnout among Arab voters is ... Show more
Former Israeli PM and Leader of the Together party Naftali Bennett says Netanyahu has lost, vowing to form a Zionist government with parties whose members ... Show more
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
With 72% of votes counted in Israel’s election, Netanyahu’s bloc holds 54 seats, Eisenkot’s bloc 48 and Arab parties 18, according to official results ... Show more
Israel election results live: Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs in tight race
Israel election results live: Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs in tight race
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is calling on Knesset leaders to ‘do everything possible’ to avoid a repeat election. Early results show no bloc has a clear ... Show more
Israel awaits election results as exit polls suggest close race for Netanyahu: Votes from Israel's parliamentary election were still being counted on Wednesday ...
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Arab parties could win record 18 seats in Israel election, exit polls show: Record-breaking voter turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel hits around 80 ...
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called the prospect of working with Arab parties to form a government ‘a disgrace and a shame’ ... Show more
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Netanyahu and rival each claim mandate after tight Israel election: Voters turned out Tuesday in the highest numbers in decades to give their verdict on the ...
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Likud leads as millions of votes are counted in the early hours
As we watch from the Jpost newsroom, Likud has dipped slightly as the results trickle in ... Show more
Live: Israel election deadlock leaves Netanyahu and rival Eisenkot short of majority
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An unnamed Likud official told Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s policies had driven Arab citizens to vote in ... Show more
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Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Netanyahu Goes Into Full Panic Mode: Tomorrow Israelis will vote, many trembling for the future of their country, no matter which candidate they prefer.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s day of reckoning is here: Israelis turned out in record numbers for an election that could decide the future of their democracy.
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🔴Updated projections by Israeli media put Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc and the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot at 51 seats each ... Show more
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Gadi Eisenkot: The General Who Wants to Send Netanyahu into the Desert: Former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, with his centrist party “Yashar ...
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Changing face: Could an Eisenkot premiership break Israel’s old elite?: A first Mizrahi prime minister would mark a milestone, but would not erase Israel’s deep ...
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🔴 Israeli PM Netanyahu has warned against an opposition government backed by Arab parties, portraying it as a threat to Israel’s Jewish character ... Show more
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Thriller surrounding the Israeli election: Netanyahu is in the lead, but lacks a majority
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SNP MP detained by Israel after trying to enter Palestine: Lara Bird was detained by Israeli authorities after trying to enter the West Bank
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Exit polls indicate uncertainty in Israel’s election results, with Netanyahu neither defeated nor secured as forming a new coalition appears challenging ... Show more
Netanyahu bloc leads after half of Israeli votes counted but no majority
Netanyahu bloc leads after half of Israeli votes counted but no majority
Netanyahu Accused of 'Incitement' as Arab Israelis Face Intimidation and Surveillance at Polls
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Exit polls in Israel’s election project PM Netanyahu’s Likud winning 24 seats, while the opposition bloc leads 52–50.
Neither bloc is projected to secure a ... Show more
Preliminary exit polls suggest Netanyahu’s bloc is trailing its rivals in Israel’s election, while Palestinian Israeli parties are projected to win a historic ... Show more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in several posts on X of "mass voter turnout figures in Arab communities," claiming that "buses are ... Show more
Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant in his first comments after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election ... Show more
