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Netanyahu Bloc Slips to 56 Seats at Two-Thirds Counted as Both Camps Court Ra'am

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Netanyahu Bloc Slips to 56 Seats at Two-Thirds Counted as Both Camps Court Ra’am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc slipped to 56 projected seats in the 120-member Knesset with 66.36% of votes counted in Israel’s election, leaving it five short of a governing majority as returns from opposition and Arab strongholds narrowed its earlier 59-seat lead. With 3.41 million ballots tallied across 7,961 polling stations, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc rose to 48 seats and Arab-led parties held 16. Earlier partial returns at the halfway mark showed Netanyahu’s Likud leading individual parties with 27 seats and 20.7% of the vote, followed by Eisenkot’s Yashar at 21 seats, the Arab-led Joint List at 12, Naftali Bennett’s Together alliance at 11, and the Democrats and United Torah Judaism at nine each.

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35%+0.3%
Centrist Ra’am Government
Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid have the clearest path if the final count leaves Benjamin Netanyahu below 58 and Mansour Abbas decides Ra’am can again trade support for Arab-sector budgets and planning reforms. This is politically difficult after the Gaza war, but Ra’am has precedent from 2021 and both blocs now appear to need it.
Finance +0.3%
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Netanyahu Retains Premiership
Netanyahu remains a skilled coalition negotiator and may still find a way to survive through Ra’am abstentions, final-count improvements, or pressure on small right-wing factions. The constraint is that Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir have strong ideological objections to dependence on Ra’am.
Industrials +0.1% · Consumer Services −0.1% · Finance +0.1%
25%−0.4%
Deadlock Forces Repeat Vote
If neither Netanyahu nor the anti-Netanyahu camp can square Ra’am’s demands with their own partners, President Isaac Herzog’s mandates may fail. Israel would then remain under a caretaker government, extending policy uncertainty on Gaza, budgets, and relations with Washington.
Consumer Services −0.3% · Finance −0.2% · Energy +0.2%
10%+0.2%
Late Count Reorders Map
With only two-thirds counted, absentee, soldier, diplomatic, and special ballots can still alter the seat distribution at the margin. This scenario covers a clearer-than-expected final result that changes the bargaining leverage before Herzog begins formal consultations.
Finance +0.2% · Consumer Services +0.1% · Industrials +0.1%

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