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Israel election results live: count of absentee ballots under way as coalition talks among Eisenkot bloc set to begin
With the final count unlikely to shift results significantly, experts say Gadi Eisenkot’s hopes of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu rest on his willingness to work with Palestinian partiesFull report: Coalition talks loom in IsraelAnalysis: Israel’s choice: Netanyahu remaining in power or a Palestinian-backed coalitionHello and welcome to our continuing coverage of the Israeli election.With 91% of votes now counted, the current results show prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc projected to receive 53 seats, with the grouping of his opponent Gadi Eisenkot on 48 and the Palestinian parties on tr