Without the Arab parties, neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot has a majority in Israel's parliament
Israel's election has ended in deadlock. According to preliminary results, Netanyahu's bloc has 53 seats and Gadi Eisenkot's opposition 48. The Arab parties won 19 seats, the most in their history. Without them, nobody can form a majority; with them, almost nobody wants to govern. We look at who voted how, why Arab voters turned out and what comes next for Israel.
10/28/2026
Israel election: Netanyahu will not win a majority, prediction shows
Pre-election polls put Eisenkot's Yashar in the lead, and the overnight running tally overstated Likud. From the first hour of the count, the DataTimes.cz prediction showed a stalemate: Netanyahu's bloc will end up with 53 seats, Gadi Eisenkot's opposition with 48, and the 19 members of the Arab parties will decide whether anyone has a majority.
10/27/2026
