Israel election: Netanyahu bloc leads with more than half of votes counted but short of majority

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Israel election: Netanyahu bloc leads with more than half of votes counted but short of majority  The partial results are likely to change, and several exit polls showed the camps neck-and-neck without a majority.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/10/27/exit-polls-suggest-no-clear-victor-in-israeli-election  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01the camp of prime minister benjamin netanyahu was ahead of the opposition on wednesday after

00:07more than half of votes were counted in israel's pivotal general election initial exit polls

00:13indicated a slight lead for isencott's opposition as more votes were counted netanyahu's coalition

00:19parties edged ahead but without crossing the 60 seat threshold required to hold a majority in the

00:25120 seat parliament israeli arab lists were projected to win 15 seats a sharp gain with

00:33some israeli arab communities reporting near universal turnout driven by outrage to often

00:39derogatory rhetoric against them by netanyahu's far-right allies both netanyahu and eisencott

00:46vowed to form a government in speeches held following the first exit polls key israeli

00:52arab leader mansur abbas said he was open to working with eisencott and arab lawmakers could

00:58give him support in parliamentary votes to maintain a minority government without joining a coalition

01:04eisencott however said during the campaign he would not govern with israeli arab lawmakers

01:09the final count is expected by friday and official election results are formally published a week

01:16after the election

01:17the election

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