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Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor opposition leader Yair Lapid have a clear path to forming a coalition
Early results from Israel’s fourth snap election suggested yet another stalemate, with Benjamin Netanyahu looking to cobble together a coalition by partnering with extreme nationalist, hardline religious and far-right parties.
With more than half of the votes counted by Wednesday morning, the prime minister’s Likud party was clearly leading with around a quarter of all votes. The opposition head, Yair Lapid, had less than 15%. Continue reading...