Israel: ginti lagbhag poori, kisi bloc ko bahumat nahi — Netanyahu bloc 53, Eisenkot ka opposition bloc 48 seat; gathbandhan ki daud shuru
Arab dalon ko milakar 19 seat. Central Elections Committee agle Budhvaar tak nateeje certify karega; Likud ke dhaandhli ke aaropon ki jaanch Shin Bet ko saunpi gayi.

Al Jazeera ki report ke mutabik 99% se zyada ballot gine jaane ke baad Benjamin Netanyahu ke bloc ko 120 mein se 53 aur Gadi Eisenkot ke netritva waale opposition bloc ko 48 seat milti dikh rahi hain. Arab dalon ko kul 19 seat milne ka anumaan hai. Bahumat ke liye 61 seat chahiye, yaani dono mein se koi bhi khema apne dum par sarkar nahi bana sakta. Central Elections Committee agle Budhvaar tak antim nateeje certify karegi; tab tak aankde badal sakte hain.
Opposition mein gathbandhan ki baatcheet shuru ho gayi hai — Eisenkot ne Naftali Bennett aur Yair Golan se mulaakat ki, jabki Golan ne Ra'am ke Mansour Abbas se baat ki. Lekin Eisenkot Arab dalon ke saath saajhedari na karne ka vaada kar chuke hain, aur report ke mutabik unke bina opposition sarkar nahi bana sakta. Likud ne bina saboot ke aarop lagaya hai ki Arab dalon ne chunav 'chura' liya; Elections Committee ke pramukh Noam Sohlberg ne Shin Bet se in daavon ki jaanch karne ko kaha hai.