Coalition talks loom as Israel exit polls suggest Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs tied - AOL

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Israel's voting system can see seat numbers swing wildly on fractions of percentage points.
51% : Speaking at 3 am local time, Israel's longest-serving prime minister vowed to assemble a coalition through agreements between his Likud party, far-right factions and Jewish religious parties.
51% : This has previously led to back-to-back elections - between 2019 and 2022, Israel held five elections.
47% : The polls published by Israel's major TV networks show Netanyahu's governing bloc tied with the opposition grouping led by Eisenkot on 51 seats each, short of the 61 seats needed to form a majority coalition government.
47% : With roughly a third of ballots counted, Israel's Central Elections Committee reported 28 seats went to Likud and 21 to Eisenkot's party, Yashar, although that is expected to change significantly as the official count comes in.
38% : Israel could be in for weeks of political haggling after exit polls and partial official results showed neither Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition nor the opposition bloc led by former general Gadi Eisenkot had won enough seats to form a government.
30% : Tuesday's election comes as Israel is fighting accusations of genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank.

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