Partial results left Israel’s main political blocs short of the seats needed to govern, as Türkiye’s Center for Countering Disinformation rejected allegations that it interfered in the election.
Anadolu Agency reported Thursday that 95% of votes had been counted. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc held 53 seats, while the opposition Change bloc had 48 and Arab parties held 19. The Knesset has 120 seats, and 61 are needed for a governing majority. Those figures left Netanyahu’s bloc eight seats short of that mark and the Change bloc 13 seats short.
The center, part of Türkiye’s Communications Directorate, said on NSosyal that the allegations had no factual basis and were being used to sway public opinion. It urged readers to disregard coverage it considered misleading.
Separately, Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari denied in an X post Thursday that Doha interfered in the Oct. 27 vote or financed efforts to influence it; EconoTimes previously covered Qatar’s denial.
