Israel election results live: count of absentee ballots under way as coalition talks set to begin
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With the final count unlikely to shift results significantly, experts say Gadi Eisenkot’s hopes of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu rest on his willingness to work with Palestinian parties Full report: Coalition talks loom in Israel Analysis: Israel’s choice: Netanyahu remaining in power or a Palestinian-backed coalition Israeli news website Ynet is reporting that just over 29,000 of the absentee ballots have been counted so far, out of an estimated 500,000. According to Ynet, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is leading among these ballots, with 18.5% of the votes of far. The Together alliance of Naftali Bennet and Yair Lapid comes in second with 15.6%, while Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar is third, with 14.8%. Continue reading...
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