Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman called on Likud members to rebel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel’s Tuesday election, as exit polls left the path to a governing majority unresolved.
Israeli media projections gave Netanyahu’s bloc more seats than the opposition alliance, but neither side appeared to reach the 61-seat threshold in the 120-member Knesset. Channel 12 reported that Liberman accused Netanyahu of having “destroyed the national camp” and urged Likud members to “raise the flag of rebellion.”
Anadolu Agency’s analysis said Yashar! leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc could form a majority without Arab-party support if enough center-right Likud lawmakers align with Eisenkot’s bloc. That is a possible coalition route, rather than a result established by the exit polls.
Separately during the campaign, Netanyahu said suspects in a vote-buying case were senior Raam officials, though police did not identify the suspects or their party positions. He also argued that Arab-led parties threatened the Jewish state, while Raam leader Mansour Abbas said Netanyahu was using the accusation to mobilize right-wing voters, as EconoTimes reported before the election.
Election officials reported turnout of 77.7%, up 7.1 percentage points from 2022 and the highest since 1999.
