@dwnews: Ahead of the election, two clear coalitions had formed. On the one side, the ruling coalition of right-wing, far-right and religious parties centered around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. On the other side was the anti-Netanyahu bloc, made up of a coalition of right-wing, centrist and liberal parties whose unifying principle was to oust Netanyahu from power. However, neither of these blocs was able to secure a majority of seats, meaning a simple path to forming a government is off the table. The task of figuring out a new working coalition is now beginning, with the question of whether the two Arab-Israeli lists, which together secured an unprecedented 19 seats, may join a future government or at least provide some form of support. Netanyahu's bloc with a total of 53 seats Likud - 27 UTJ - 7 Otzma Yehudit - 7 Shas - 6 RZP - 6 Eisenkot's bloc with a total of 48 seats Yashar - 21 B'Yachad - 12 The Democrats - 8 Yisrael Beytenu - 7 The Arab Israeli parties with a total of 19 seats Joint List - 11 Ra'am - 8 #DWNews

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Thursday 29 October 2026 23:40:04 GMT