Israeli Knesset Election Yields Deadlocked Result as Record 77.7% Turnout Leaves Neither Bloc at 61 Seats

The final counting of votes in Israel's Knesset elections ended without a clear winner, according to the base report from Ru'ya News. The camp led by Benjamin Netanyahu leads with 53 seats, compared with 48 for the camp associated with Eisenkot and 1...

Preliminary results of Israel's elections show that right-wing nationalist and religious hardline parties continue to hold significant influence, indicating difficulty in achieving a substantial political shift despite growing criticism of Benjamin N...

The Palestinian Authority is quietly awaiting the results of the Israeli Knesset elections, despite Palestinians hoping that the right-wing government led by Benjamin Netanyahu will fall as a consequence of policies affecting many aspects of Palestin...

Netanyahu is expected to remain prime minister in a caretaker government in Israel after an inconclusive election that gave him unexpectedly strong support, according to a report by Emarat Al Youm published on October 28, 2026.

The Alquds Al-Arabi newspaper reports on an electoral sample in which the opposition reportedly won 70 seats compared with 50 for Netanyahu's coalition, which the article frames as a clear withdrawal of confidence from a large majority of Israelis wh...

Netanyahu's bloc is leading the opposition after more than half of the votes were counted, according to data published by Israel's Central Elections Committee and Hebrew media on Wednesday, a day after a parliamentary election in which the outgoing p...

Israel's Central Elections Committee announced that, with 84% of votes counted in the Knesset elections, Benny Gantz's Eisenkot-led bloc has won 49 seats, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has won 54, and the Arab parties have won 17.

Preliminary partial results published by the Israeli Central Elections Committee on Wednesday morning showed Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition ahead of the opposition bloc after 50.1 percent of votes were counted, with no clear majority for either camp,...

Israel's Central Elections Committee announced that after 50% of votes were counted, the Likud party led with 27 seats, followed by the Yesh Atid party with 21 seats and the Together party with 11 seats, showing the lead of Benjamin Netanyahu's allia...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking after exit polls were released, said the Likud is the largest party and that his bloc holds a decisive majority, while rejecting any government built on Arab lists. He claimed his government "set ru...

Israel's Channel 12 published an updated poll sample showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc advancing to 52 seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's bloc slipped to 49 and the Arab lists jumped to 19, after a sudden update to the sample.

Israel's parliamentary election has produced no decisive result as vote counts shift with each update, with the outcome leaning toward Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc while 61 seats remain out of reach for any side, and the final determination reportedly d...

Israeli public broadcaster Kan (the Hebrew broadcasting authority) reported a tie of 51 seats each for the blocs led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, with the Likud party rising to 27 seats, according to the base report publish...

Israeli public broadcaster Kan (Israeli Broadcasting Authority) reported that Benjamin Netanyahu emerged as the "biggest loser" in the preliminary results of the Israeli elections, as political reactions within Israel's political arena diverged amid ...

Israel's public broadcaster Kan released television poll results on Tuesday evening showing no decisive outcome in the upcoming elections, with Eisenkot's bloc leading the field with 53 seats. The survey, conducted among voters, highlights a lack of ...

Exit polls broadcast by Israeli channels on Tuesday evening, after the close of polling stations, showed Gantz Eisenkot's camp ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu's camp, without either bloc reaching a majority, while Arab parties were projected to win 18 se...

Israel's Knesset elections, held on Tuesday, saw a record turnout, with Palestinian Arab voters playing a notable role in raising participation amid a fierce campaign centered on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International C...

Turnout in Israel's parliamentary elections reached 55.7 percent by Tuesday, nine hours after polling stations opened, the highest level recorded at that point in the day since 1973, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi. The Likud party, led by Prime Minist...

Israel's general election, the first national vote since the October 7, 2023 attack and the wars that followed, drew strong turnout of 44.9% within the first seven hours of voting on Tuesday, October 27, according to Central Elections Committee data,...

Palestinian leadership and factions have shown little interest in Israel's upcoming parliamentary (Knesset) elections, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi, as both main contenders for the prime ministership, Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, have expre...

Israel's Central Elections Committee reported preliminary results for the Knesset elections after 77% of votes were counted, showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc with 54 seats, Gadi Eisenkot's bloc with 49 seats, and the Arab parties with...

Israelis began casting their votes on Tuesday amid deep divisions in the first election since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, a test for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's growing shift toward the right. The vote takes place after th...

Israel's Knesset elections are heating up as the first vote since the Gaza events, with an anticipated political confrontation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm's report on the race.

Israeli polling stations opened on Tuesday for Knesset elections dominated by the fallout from the war in Gaza and the attack on Iran, placing Benjamin Netanyahu in a decisive contest to retain power. The vote pits Netanyahu's right-wing bloc against...

Polling stations across Israel opened to voters for the Knesset elections, a race that pits Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ruling coalition against the opposition bloc, according to RT Arabic.