Israel: 84 percent of votes counted, Netanyahu has the most, but lacks a majority
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After 84 percent of ballots have been counted, the bloc supporting current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has 54 seats, the bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot has 49, and the Arab parties have 17 seats, reports the Times of Israel.
To form a majority government, the winning bloc must secure at least 61 seats in the Knesset, according to the BBC. Professor Eugene Rogan, director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College (University of Oxford), states that the election results represent “a picture of just how polarized Israeli society actually is.” In a conversation on BBC radio, Rogan explains that the “demand for change,” advocated by some voters and utilized by the opposition bloc of
