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Israel's Majority Puzzle
The Knesset election results showed Netanyahu’s bloc winning 53 seats, compared with 48 for the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot, while the two Arab lists won 19 seats. No single bloc secured the 61 seats needed for a majority and to form a government. After meeting with Yair Lapid, Eisenkot is exploring the possibility of forming an alternative government, amid contacts with ultra-Orthodox parties that may support it or abstain from voting against it, as well as the possibility of support from Arab parties outside the coalition. But disagreements over military conscription and the participation of Arab parties are complicating an agreement. There is still no announced agreement on the government’s composition or who would lead it, while Likud insists that Netanyahu remain in office. Formal consultations will begin after the results are presented to President Isaac Herzog on November 4, ahead of the new Knesset being sworn in on November 10.
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