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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party won around 30 seats in Tuesday’s elections, but suffered losses, despite the successful vaccination campaign. Most recently, the Likud had 36 seats in the Knesset.
However, voters also did not break the political deadlock this time, because neither Netanyahu’s camp (with 59 seats) nor Netanyahu’s declared opponents (56 seats) achieve the required majority of 61 seats after counting 90 percent of the votes. votes. The preliminary final result is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday.
Arab party tips the scales
The Arab party “Raam” (ALU) overcame the 3.25 percent hurdle and is now tipping the balance. Party leader Mansour Abbas did not get engaged yesterday. “We are not in anyone’s pocket, neither on their right nor on their left,” Abbas said in an interview with Kan. Abbas stressed that his UAL will support any government that is ready to solve the problems of Arab society.