Netanyahu, Eisenkot camps clash over Israel election projections
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Israeli political leaders have traded sharp reactions to exit poll projections showing no clear winner between the country’s main political blocs.
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According to the Times of Israel, partial results with just over 55 percent of ballot boxes counted give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition 56 seats and the opposition bloc, led by challenger Gadi Eisenkot, 49 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
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They also give the unaligned Arab-led parties 15 seats.
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Despite narrower exit poll figures, opposition leaders insisted the result was a defeat for the government.
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Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party and a former military chief of staff, told supporters after voting closed that the initial projections showed a “complete lack of confidence in Netanyahu and the October 7 government”, according to the AFP news agency.
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“Don’t let anyone confuse you: the Netanyahu bloc has suffered a crushing defeat,” opposition leader Yair Lapid said in a statement. “This is a total collapse and the public has told them to go home.” Supporters at Eisenkot’s watch party in Tel Aviv cheered projections as voter turnout reached 77.7 percent, according to the Central Elections Committee.
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However, senior figures in Netanyahu’s camp pushed back against opposition declarations, saying the final results could shift the balance.
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Gideon Saar, Israel’s foreign minister and a key Netanyahu ally, dismissed opposition statements as “premature”, writing on social media that Likud remained the largest single party in parliament.
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Meanwhile, leaders of Arab political factions highlighted their potential role in upcoming coalition negotiations.
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“We will transform the mandate we received into a new reality in the country,” Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra’am), told reporters.
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At the Joint List alliance headquarters in Nazareth, candidate Faten Gattas told supporters that high participation among Palestinian citizens of Israel aimed to block the return of Netanyahu’s nationalist coalition.
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“We refuse the occupation and racism, and we will remain here,” Gattas said, according to the Reuters news agency.
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With neither camp reaching a governing majority, political analysts suggested smaller parties would be key deciders as formal coalition talks begin in the coming days.
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