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Israel’s Parties Gird for Wrangling to Form a Government, With No Clear Path

New York Times28 October 2026, 19:51 UTCIsrael

Votes are still being counted, but it appears that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition nor the opposition alliance headed by Gadi Eisenkot will have a majority.

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