Netanyahu set to remain caretaker after inconclusive Israeli election
Netanyahu will stay on in a caretaker role as coalition talks begin after no bloc won a Knesset majority, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Binyamin Netanyahu appeared set to remain Israel's caretaker prime minister after his right-wing bloc won 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, well ahead of Gadi Eisenkot's opposition with 48 seats.
- Turnout reached 77.7 per cent, the highest in two decades, while parties representing Arab Israelis won an unprecedented 19 seats, leaving Eisenkot without a realistic path to power since many Jewish political leaders reject Arab backing.
- Markets reacted negatively to the caretaker government prospect; Tel Aviv's key benchmark stock indexes fell more than 3 per cent. The result reflected a rightward shift among Israeli Jews, with nearly all Jewish parties now opposing an independent Palestinian state.
- Addressing supporters, Netanyahu urged the formation of a "strong, right-wing national government" and raised the prospect of renewed joint military action against Iran alongside US President Donald Trump, who claimed his endorsement "helped him a lot."
- Netanyahu would remain caretaker prime minister during coalition negotiations, potentially until another election next year. Regional tensions persist; Iranian citizen Abdollah Karimi warned of the "possibility of attack," while Egypt's Outhman Selim expressed frustration over the far-right shift.
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Netanyahu likely to stay as Israeli caretaker PM
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to remain Israel's caretaker prime minister after unexpectedly strong backing among Jewish voters left his opponents little apparent prospect of unseating him, despite his right-wing bloc losing its parliamentary majority.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu retained the position of Acting Head of Government after his right-wing bloc won 53 seats in the Knesset, ahead of the opposition of Gadi Eisenkot, who received 48 mandates, but never achieved a majority, with almost 86 per cent of the votes counted by three Israeli television channels predicting that the Netanyahu block of right-wing, ultra-right and ultra-orthodox parties would receive 53 seats in the …
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