Settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters in the West Bank increased as Israel prepares for elections
Israel held its first national election since the October 7 attack on October 27.
- Sixty-one seats are required for a majority in the Knesset.
- Arab citizens constitute 20 percent of the Israeli population.
- The Netanyahu bloc has between 48 and 54 seats.
- Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc won 53 seats.
- The Likud party, led by Netanyahu, remains the largest party in the Israeli parliament with 27 seats.
- The Knesset has 120 members.
- The Central Electoral Commission stated certain circulating information is unfounded.
- Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg could not verify foreign interference claims.
- Arab leaders accused the premier of incitement.
- Netanyahu stated that the Arab parties want to Islamize the country.
- The Likoud party stated that the situation was an attack on democracy.
- More than 800,000 people voted for Ra'am and the Joint List.
- The opposition's Jaschar party became the second strongest force with 21 seats.
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