Netanyahu attacks Palestinian-Israeli parties as he falls short of majority
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian-Israeli voters of ‘stealing’ the election after their parties won a record 19 seats. With all votes now counted, the main opposition bloc could join forces with Palestinian-Israeli parties to unseat Netanyahu. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.
Projections show votes for Palestinian parties surged in a tight contest that saw the highest turnout in decades Israel election – live updates Israel election: what we know so far Analysis: Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape Israel’s future hung in the balance on Wednesday morning as it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu had lost his governing majority, and his political fate now depends on whether opposition Jewish parties are prepared to forge a common front with Palestinian parties, whose support surged in Tuesday’s elections. The leader of th
A bitter night in Israel for all who craved a fresh start. The initial results swung wildly from the first exit polls to the slow real-vote count; the bloc of parties loyal to the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, might yet win, and each side feels that its fate hangs in the balance.
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Prime minister claims Arab Israeli parties used foreign backing to steal elections, in which his coalition lost its majority • Israel election – latest updates Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of using smear tactics to cling to power, after he claimed that Arab Israeli parties had used foreign backing to “steal” Tuesday’s election, in which the prime minister’s coalition lost its parliamentary majority. Netanyahu and his allies called on the internal security service, Shin Bet, to investigate alleged vote buying and other irregularities in Palestinian communities in Israel, supposedly funde
Elections have yielded no clear winner but opposition bloc refuses to ally with Arab parties.
A historic turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel positions Arab parties as kingmakers against the far right.