Netanyahu and rival each claim mandate after tight Israel election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot each vowed on Wednesday to form a government after both came up short in the first election since the events of October 7, 2023. Voters turned out Tuesday in the highest numbers in decades to give their verdict on the divisive rule of Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister who has pushed the country sharply to the right and unleashed a wave of wars in response to the Hamas attack. Exit polls showed Eisenkot, a former military chief and political novice, and his opposition bloc neck and neck with Netanyahu’s…
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3h agoNetanyahu and rival each claim mandate after tight Israel election Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot each vowed on Wednesday to form a government after both came up short in the first election since the events of October 7, 2023. Voters turned out Tuesday in the highest numbers in decades to give their verdict on the divisive rule of Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister who has pushed the country sharply to the right and unleashed a wave of wars in response to the Hamas attack. Exit polls showed Eisenkot, a former military chief and political novice, and his opposition bloc neck and neck with Netanyahu’s…
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