{"id":106591,"date":"2026-10-28T18:15:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/live-updates-in-tight-israeli-election-leading-parties-face-tough-path-to-power\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:15:35","slug":"live-updates-in-tight-israeli-election-leading-parties-face-tough-path-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/live-updates-in-tight-israeli-election-leading-parties-face-tough-path-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: In Tight Israeli Election, Leading Parties Face Tough Path to Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel fell short of outright victory on Tuesday night. But he has still emerged with a good chance of clinging to power.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Netanyahu, 77, has plenty of political blessings to count after the vote. His Likud party is set to remain the largest in the Israeli Parliament, defying the pre-election polls. His rivals, led by the former general Gadi Eisenkot, secured far less support and have been left more divided than expected.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_R_f6j7aq_\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Analysts say the result, with <a class=\"css-povzk\" href=\"#israel-election-vote-results-takeaways\" title=\"\">neither bloc securing enough votes<\/a> to form a clear majority, could easily lead to weeks or months of political gridlock \u2014 a scenario that suits Mr. Netanyahu just fine. He will remain in charge as caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed or new elections have to be held.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">It is a remarkable turnaround for Mr. Netanyahu, whose critics blamed him for failing to prevent the <a class=\"css-povzk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/25\/world\/middleeast\/netanyahu-warning-oct-7-uae.html\" title=\"\">Hamas-led attack<\/a> on Oct. 7, 2023, the deadliest day in Israeli history. A consummate political survivor of more than three decades in Israeli politics, Mr. Netanyahu is famous for out-negotiating and manipulating almost every opponent who has tried to end his rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">\u201cNetanyahu is still in the driver\u2019s seat,\u201d said Natan Sachs, an expert on Israeli politics at the Middle East Institute, a Washington-based research group. \u201cHe\u2019s still in control of most events, and that\u2019s where he likes to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu, the longest serving prime minister in Israeli history, still has some headaches. The hard-line coalition he formed in 2022 \u2014 the most far-right in Israeli history \u2014 is set to lose its majority in Israel\u2019s 120-member Parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu could also end up losing if Mr. Eisenkot, whose bloc trails the prime minister\u2019s coalition by several seats, chooses to work with the <a class=\"css-povzk\" href=\"#israel-election-arab-parties\" title=\"\">Arab parties that performed better than ever<\/a> to oust him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">But Mr. Eisenkot is likely to struggle to form such an alliance, given how Israeli public opinion has shifted since the Oct. 7 attacks. Even though Arab leaders in Israel generally condemned the attacks, many Jewish Israelis still regard partnering with them as unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">\u201cNetanyahu knew he was going to have a weaker bloc. But he knew that his goal, even if he couldn\u2019t get a 61-seat majority, would be to prevent his rivals from forming a government,\u201d said Mazal Mualem, who has written a biography of Mr. Netanyahu. \u201cAnd it seems he\u2019s succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">All this was hard to imagine just three years ago. Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s public standing plunged after the Oct. 7 attacks, when 1,200 in Israel were killed and 250 were taken hostage, igniting the war in Gaza. Even fervent supporters of the prime minister feared his time in office would end because of his failure to prevent the catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu, however, has tenaciously clambered his way back without accepting any responsibility for the devastating security lapse. Instead, he blamed the assault on Israeli security chiefs, launched a series of military campaigns in Lebanon and Iran that killed some of Israel\u2019s most significant foes, and ran his electoral campaign focused on amplifying fears of Israel\u2019s Arab parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, a swath of Jewish Israelis threw their support behind him, defying Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s critics at home and abroad. The prime minister gave a fiery speech overnight on Wednesday as initial exit polls showed he had outperformed expectations vowing to establish \u201ca patriotic, strong, right-wing government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">While a slight shift in the results could upend the electoral map, Mr. Netanyahu has several options for how he might stay in power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">One path would be to try to block any new government from being formed, forcing Israel to hold new elections. Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s opponents \u2014 who threw years of energy and planning into the recent vote only to fall short \u2014 would struggle to do better in a new vote, analysts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s a general sense that this was the opposition\u2019s big chance,\u201d Mr. Sachs said. \u201cFrom Netanyahu\u2019s perspective, he can throw the dice again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Another option would be to form a unity government with one of his opponents. But that will be difficult as long as Mr. Netanyahu insists on staying in the prime minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Mr. Eisenkot has vowed not to serve under Mr. Netanyahu, although a national emergency \u2014 such as renewed fighting with Iran \u2014 could change that calculation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu could also try to pick off potential right-wing defectors from Mr. Eisenkot\u2019s bloc. These include opposition leaders who served in previous Netanyahu governments, such as Naftali Bennett, who leads the center-right Together party, and Avigdor Liberman, who leads the right-wing Yisrael Beitenu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">Both men are right-wing supporters of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Both refrained from explicitly endorsing Mr. Eisenkot, Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s main challenger, as the opposition bloc\u2019s candidate for prime minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-qhzo1x evys1bk0\">But rekindling their old partnerships with Mr. Netanyahu would be difficult. Both Mr. Bennett and Mr. Liberman have considerable bad blood with the prime minister. They have also been strident in demanding an independent commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the Oct. 7 disaster, which Mr. Netanyahu has resisted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-16sk652 etfikam0\">Isabel Kershner<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/10\/28\/world\/israel-elections\/israels-opposition-may-not-be-able-to-form-a-government-but-it-still-could-control-parliament\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel fell short of outright victory on Tuesday night. 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