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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Just 8k votes separate blocs, but electoral threshold favors Netanyahu
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Meretz party supporters react as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Jerusalem November 1, 2022. (Flash90)
While the pro-Netanyahu bloc is slated to expand to 65 seats in the Knesset following yesterday’s election, Channel 12 reports that it only received 8,189 more votes than the anti-Netanyahu bloc.
However, because Balad and possibly Meretz failed to cross the threshold, their votes were scattered to other parties rather than being redistributed to the anti-Netanyahu bloc, which is slated to end with just 55 seats in the Knesset.
Both blocs won roughly 50% of the vote, though the final tallies are not yet available.
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