Israel’s Election Ends in a Messy Deadlock
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Turnout topped 77% but no clear winner emerged, leaving Netanyahu and Eisenkot at odds over the result.
What a night! Israelis poured into the polls, pushing turnout above 77%.
Even with that historic participation, the result is a tangled deadlock.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the outcome calls for a “strong” right‑wing government, and his Likud party is set to be the biggest faction in the Knesset.
Yet his chief rival, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, insists the election was a mandate to end Netanyahu’s term.
With neither side securing a clear majority, the path forward for Israel remains uncertain.
The BBC’s Yolande Knell reports from Jerusalem.
