Israel election: 87.6% ballots counted, former PM Netanyahu set to make comeback

With 87.6 per cent of ballots counted within the Israeli normal elections, Benjamin Netanyahu is about to make his comeback because the nation’s prime minister.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 3, 2022 00:34 IST

Former Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to make a comeback. (Reuters picture)

By India Today Web Desk: With 87.6 per cent of ballots counted within the Israeli normal elections, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to return to energy. This was the nation’s fifth normal election in lower than 4 years.

Netanyahu’s get together Likud and its far-right allies are projected to win 65 seats within the 120-seat Israeli parliament. In Israel’s fragmented politics, no single get together has ever received a parliamentary majority, and coalition-building is important to control.

Earlier within the day, Netanyahu addressed his supporters on the Likud get together election headquarters and mentioned, “We are on the brink of a very big victory.”

Israel has been locked in an unprecedented interval of political stalemate since 2019, when 73-year-old Netanyahu, the nation’s longest-serving prime minister, was charged with bribery, fraud and breach of belief.

Netanyahu’s principal rival within the election was the person who helped oust him final 12 months, the centrist caretaker Yair Lapid.

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Nov 3, 2022