Israel faces coalition deadlock after high-turnout election
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Israel’s election produced no clear winner, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents facing difficult coalition negotiations as final ballots were counted.
Turnout exceeded 77%, the highest level in nearly three decades, according to the BBC. With 85% of votes counted, projections cited by Middle East Eye and The Irish Times gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc 48, and the Joint List and Ra’am — parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel — a combined 19. A governing majority requires 61 seats in the 120-member Knesset.
Netanyahu called for a strong right-wing government, while Eisenkot said voters had chosen to end Netanyahu’s tenure. Eisenkot has indicated he is open to working with Arab-led parties, whose gains could give them a decisive role, although such cooperation would require parties to cross longstanding political divisions. The Joint List said it was open to political cooperation.
About half a million absentee ballots, including votes from military personnel, diplomats, prisoners and hospital patients, remained to be counted, but were not expected to substantially change the result. Netanyahu will remain prime minister until a new government is formed.
President Herzog is expected to ask a party leader to try to assemble a government. If repeated efforts fail, Israel could hold another election early next year.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the unsupported first name from the reference to President Herzog. - "President Yitzhak Herzog": The source identifies the president by surname as Herzog but does not support the first name Yitzhak; remove the unsupported first name.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Israel faces coalition deadlock after high-turnout election
Israel’s election produced no clear winner, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents facing difficult coalition negotiations as final ballots were counted.
Turnout exceeded 77%, the highest level in nearly three decades, according to the BBC. With 85% of votes counted, projections cited by Middle East Eye and The Irish Times gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc 48, and the Joint List and Ra’am — parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel — a combined 19. A governing majority requires 61 seats in the 120-member Knesset.
Netanyahu called for a strong right-wing government, while Eisenkot said voters had chosen to end Netanyahu’s tenure. Eisenkot has indicated he is open to working with Arab-led parties, whose gains could give them a decisive role, although such cooperation would require parties to cross longstanding political divisions. The Joint List said it was open to political cooperation.
About half a million absentee ballots, including votes from military personnel, diplomats, prisoners and hospital patients, remained to be counted, but were not expected to substantially change the result. Netanyahu will remain prime minister until a new government is formed.
President Yitzhak Herzog is expected to ask a party leader to try to assemble a government. If repeated efforts fail, Israel could hold another election early next year.
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