Left-wing bloc leads the right with 56 seats to 55; Joint List expected to secure 13; Yisrael Beytenu on course to decide the makeup of next government

Unity government? Liberman plus the religious right? Gantz getting Arab support? With inconclusive results, someone will have to compromise to avoid 3rd elections in a year

Miki Zohar says legislation blasted as racist had backfired on Likud by energizing Arab voters; congratulates Liberman on being the 'only winner' of the elections

Clear picture of results not expected until later Wednesday as authorities implement new anti-fraud measures, delaying count

TV networks update their projections with true results from sampled polling stations, indicating an even tougher path for Netanyahu to form coalition

Centrist alliance calls on ruling party to 'act in the national interest,' as Yisrael Beytenu, projected to increase its power, calls for unity government

As voting ends, 3 main surveys point to fall in support for Likud, putting it neck-and-neck with Blue and White; extremist Otzma Yehudit doesn't pass the threshold

Even as Netanyahu warns of other parties trying to rig elections, public broadcaster reports that police find no wrongdoing at almost all polling stations in Arab areas

The first to vote in country's second election of the year is Israel's ambassador to New Zealand as some 5,000 Israelis stationed abroad begin casting ballots

With Arab Israeli voters increasingly supportive of a more active part in government, Ayman Odeh sees opportunity for real influence -- but many obstacles remain