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Middle East Eye29 October 2026, 00:06 UTCIsrael

Evening update Good evening Middle East Eye readers, Here are the latest developments: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said on Wednesday the election was "stolen" by Arab parties, after his party fell short of a majority to form the next government. The co-leader of the Arab Joint List party Hadash-Ta’al, Ahmad Tibi, rejected the claims, telling Al Jazeera that “the accusations made by the Likud are merely the rhetoric of the defeated”. The leader of key Arab-led party said on Wednesday that he was willing to coopera

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