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Israel’s Election Still in Deadlock After Palestinian Parties’ Surprise Upset
Since Tuesday, Netanyahu has claimed that the Palestinian parties have “stolen” the election.
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With the results of Israel’s election on Tuesday finalized on Thursday, the right-wing bloc around current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won 53 seats out of the 120 in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, while the opposition bloc around Gadi Eisenkot has won 48 seats. Both are short of the majority needed to create a ruling coalition government. The real upset, however…
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