Israel’s final election count left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without a majority, raising the prospect that Palestinian-Israeli parties could shape coalition talks on the next government, Al Jazeera reported.
Israel’s Basic Law sets the Knesset, the country’s parliament, at 120 seats. A government prospectus identifies 61 seats as the threshold for a viable government.
Al Jazeera also reported that Netanyahu leveled an election-fraud charge against the Palestinian-Israeli parties.
Earlier EconoTimes coverage reported that leaders of two Arab-led parties had set different conditions for supporting Netanyahu’s opponents. The Israel Democracy Institute says Ra’am joined an Israeli governing coalition in 2021, becoming the first Arab-led party to do so.
