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Israel elections: Difficult negotiations lie ahead after Netanyahu's bloc lost majority

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Israel elections: Difficult negotiations lie ahead after Netanyahu's bloc lost majority

Israel's final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority of parliamentary seats and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead. The results released early Friday showed Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats in Tuesday's elections. The main opposition bloc won 48. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.

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