Israel: First Exit Polls Show No Clear Winner, Arab Parties Make Gains
Exit polls put the change bloc ahead by 2 or 3 seats as the two predominantly Arab parties win a historic 17 or 18 seats.
- Initial exit polls from the election in Israel show the 'change' bloc leading the Netanyahu bloc by two or three seats.
- Historically high turnout among Israeli Arab and Palestinian citizens secured 17 or 18 seats for the two predominantly Arab parties, a historic high.
- The 'change' bloc holds 52 or 53 seats, while 70 seats carry ironclad commitments not to support Netanyahu, creating a significant obstacle to forming a government.
- Netanyahu receives the first opportunity to form a government, as the President is to select the leader best positioned to establish a stable coalition.
- Opposition parties argue the results represent a 'massive repudiation,' while Eisenkot, a rival politician, presents a plausible alternative for leadership despite lacking dramatically stronger standing.
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Israel: First exit polls show no clear winner, Arab parties make gains
Exit polls on Tuesday showed that the opposition bloc led by Israeli opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot gained a narrow edge over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud bloc in the Knesset. Likud,…
The main opponents of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, today interpreted the ballot box polls as a sign of government wear and tear and called for political change, although the results do not show a definite path for the opposition to gain power. Yair Golan, leader of the left-wing party The Democrats, assured that voters had withdrawn their support for the current Administration and argued that the result opens up an opportunity…
The Prime Minister's party, the Likud, is first, but without a majority. The Arab parties fly. Netanyahu's opponent: 'From the first results emerges a clear distrust of the government' (ANSA)
Israeli exit polls: opposition bloc holds early edge
The Israeli opposition bloc, led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, held a narrow edge over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, according to exit polling released Tuesday night, after polls closed in an election widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s leadership. Neither bloc had a majority in any televised exit polls, leaving...
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