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Vivian Bercovici: Benjamin Netanyahu will not go quietly after indecisive election

His party is leading, but a working coalition is far from certain

Israel’s much anticipated election results are anything but clear; the political equivalent of a Rohrschach test. One can see what they wish in the results, which will not be final until Friday afternoon, when all votes will be tallied.

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Meanwhile, both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the unofficial leader of the change bloc, Yashar! leader Gadi Eizenkot each claimed to have emerged as the front-runner early Wednesday morning.

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A few hours later the sands had shifted, dramatically.

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To reach a majority of 61 Knesset seats always entails the formation of a coalition led by a dominant party, historically the one with the largest number of seats. At the moment that is Netanyahu and his Likud party.

In the coming days, Israeli President Isaac Herzog will meet with each party represented in the new Knesset. They will make their case, either as to why they should lead, or who they would support to head a coalition government. A critical part of this........

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