JERUSALEM: With nearly all votes in Israel's general election counted, here is the preliminary distribution of seats in Israel's 120-seat ...
JERUSALEM: With nearly all votes in Israel's general election counted, here is the preliminary distribution of seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament, according to Israeli media calculations.
The results do not include the votes of soldiers, prisoners and diplomats, which are expected to be counted by Thursday afternoon and could affect the numbers.Incumbent premier Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud was on path for victory despite being tied with Blue and White since he would be able to form a coalition government with right-wing and ultra-Orthodox partners.
Distribution of seats in the incoming parliament after 97 percent of the vote counted in Israeli elections Tuesday. AFP/Jonathan WALTERHeaded by Netanyahu, the Likud holds liberal economic positions alongside support for Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank.The attorney general however has announced his intention to charge Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust pending a hearing, with proceedings set to begin in the coming months.
The 59-year-old Gantz touts his military service and accuses Netanyahu of being corrupt and sowing division, but the two hold similar views on security issues and Israel's approach to the Palestinians.Shas, which represents ultra-Orthodox Sephardi Jews, was part of Netanyahu's outgoing coalition and has already announced its support for the premier to form a new one.United Torah Judaism represents ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews, and like Shas has announced its support for Netanyahu.
Opinion polls had shown Moshe Feiglin's Zehut party winning at least five seats on its motley platform of Jewish religious nationalism, libertarianism and marijuana legalisation but it failed to pass the threshold.
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