How Palestinians reacted to Israeli election results
The Palestinians were greatly disappointed at the results of the Israeli elections, which showed that far-right parties secured major gains, which could hinder the resumption of negotiations.
The Israeli Central Elections Committee announced March 26 the final results of the fourth early elections that took place on March 23. According to the results, the right-wing camp led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu garnered 52 seats out of 120 in the Knesset, while his opponents won 57 seats. This means neither Netanyahu’s right-wing alliance nor his opponents secured a 61-seat majority to form a government.
Netanyahu's right-wing party had allied itself with far-right parties to run in the elections, including the Religious Zionist Party and the Yamina party.
Netanyahu’s opponents include a number of parties, namely the Blue and White Party, Labor party, Yesh Atid, New Hope party and the Arab Joint List.
According to the committee’s results, the Likud won 30 seats, Yesh Atid won 17 seats, Shas secured nine seats, Blue and White won eight seats, Yamina and Labor each won seven seats, and so did United Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beitenu. The Religious Zionism, Meretz, New Hope and Joint List each won six seats, followed by Raam, which won four seats.
