A day after Israel’s general election
— the second in five months — there is still uncertainty about the
final outcome, but it appears the long reign of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu could be coming to an end.
As
expected, neither Mr. Netanyahu nor his main rival, the former army
chief Benny Gantz, a centrist, won enough votes to claim an outright
majority in the Israeli Parliament. Crucially, neither seems to have a
straightforward path to forming a governing coalition with at least 61
of the 120 lawmakers in Parliament.
That means the contest for prime minister will be decided not by the vote tally but by coalition talks, and Mr. Gantz and his Blue and White party seem likely to be given the first chance to form a government.
The support of a smaller third party, Yisrael Beiteinu, could prove
essential, putting the power to decide the future Israeli government
into the hands of that party’s leader, Avigdor Liberman.
Read more: Netanyahu Is in Trouble, and Other Takeaways From the Israeli Election - The New York Times
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