The round of consultations with the various parties ahead of the formation of the government will begin next week at the President’s Residence.
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The number of ballots cast for parties that will not pass the electoral threshold necessary to win any seats in Israel’s 21st Knesset could be the highest in Israeli history—approximately 325,000—the equivalent of 10 parliamentary seats.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party appears to have edged out former Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party, and is expected to have sufficient support from center and right-wing parties to form a coalition government.
Far down the list, former head of the Jewish Home Party Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s New Right Party was reported to have garnered 127,000 votes—just 4,300 shy of 4 Knesset seats by midday on Wednesday.