Israeli Arab parties hold key as Netanyahu falls short of majority

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Yair Golan, the head of Israel's main left-wing party and a member of Eisenkot's camp, became the first member of the opposition camp to call for an alliance with Arab parties.
49% : Both Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister who is allied with far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, and Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief leading a broad opposition bloc, vowed that they would seek to form the next government.
46% : Eisenkot in his own post-election appearance warned Israel's security chiefs that they must serve the national interests and not the political needs of Netanyahu, who is a caretaker prime minister "without a mandate". "Netanyahu, don't you dare use Israel's security for your political needs," Eisenkot said.
42% : Results from Israel's hard-fought election pointed Wednesday to no clear winner as a leader of the Arab minority appealed to a hesitant opposition to join forces to end the divisive reign of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
42% : With more than three-quarters of the vote counted, Netanyahu's right-wing bloc was slightly ahead but still short of a majority in Tuesday's election, the first since the Oct 7, 2023 attack, which has led Israel to wage war in Gaza and across the region.
42% : Voters from the community, descendants of Palestinians who stayed after Israel's creation and who make up around 20% of the population, have been enraged by the Netanyahu government's ultra-nationalist Jewish vision for the country and the Palestinian territories.
36% : Speaking to supporters at a rally, Netanyahu said that Israel had a "unique opportunity" with Trump to "forever eliminate the existential threat of Iran".
35% : Netanyahu is also wanted by the International Criminal Court over Israel's devastating war in Gaza, where residents expressed uncertainty Wednesday as to what the outcome might mean for them.

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