Netanyahu’s party won the Israeli election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party finished in first place in the Israeli parliamentary elections. but not sure that he will be able to gather the majority of seats to form the next government, according to the exit polls.

According to the exit polls of the Israeli television networks, Likud wins between 31 and 33 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, followed by the Yas Lapid party’s Ges Atid party, which has 16 to 18 seats.

Together with his right-wing allies, Netanyahu would gain more support to form a governing coalition if Naftali Bennett, who wins 7-8 seats on exit polls, joins him.

The latter, the leader of the far-right Yamina party, is considered the regulator of these elections.has not clarified whether it will support a government against or in favor of Netanyahu. “I will only do what is good for the state of Israel,” Bennett was quoted as saying by a spokesman.

Some official results will be announced overnight and the election commission said The final results will be announced on Friday, shortly before the Jewish Passover, which begins on Saturday.

The centrist Blue-White party of Netanyahu’s former rival, Benny Gandz, who joined the national unity government in the spring of 2020 but collapsed early last winter, has just 7-8 seats.

The Israeli parliamentary elections are hailed as “a huge victory for the right,” outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party is finishing first, said late in the night, according to initial forecasts.

«Citizens of Israel, thank you! You gave a huge victory to the right and to Likud under my leadership “It is obvious that the vast majority of Israeli citizens are on the right and want a right-wing government, strong and stable,” Netanyahu wrote in a tweet.

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