Some towns saw backing for right-wing party jump eightfold, but actual ballot numbers added up to no more than several hundred, and sometimes several dozen
With 80% of vote counted, anti-Netanyahu bloc satellite parties seen receiving between 6 and 8 seats, after many pollsters wondered whether they would make it into Knesset at all
Polls project drop in Arab vote from 2020, when Joint List scored 15 seats; now the party is poised to drop to 7 or 8, and Ra'am, which split off from it, may not make it in
Meanwhile, Liberman denies anti-gay bias after allegations by businesswoman; Arab lawmakers come under fire for refusing to openly back legislation for LGBT rights
Mansour Abbas, who has touted working with Netanyahu, ousted from demonstration against community violence, claims those who opposed him were from rival political party
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