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Israeli Election Results in Tight Race · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: Israel held its national election on Tuesday, October 27, the
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  Speaker 1: first since the October 7 massacre. Israelis turned out in
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  Speaker 1: unusually high numbers, with turnout by 2pm reaching 44.9%, the
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  Speaker 1: highest recorded at that hour since at least 1973. IDF
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  Speaker 1: voter turnout was also exceptionally strong. reaching 79.9%, an increase
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  Speaker 1: of over 6% from the previous election, enabled by over
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  Speaker 1: 890 military polling stations. As vote counting continues into Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: October 28, preliminary results indicate a political stalemate. Neither Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition has secured the
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  Speaker 1: 61 seats required for a parliamentary majority. Early counts show
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's bloc leading. with projections ranging from 56 to 57 seats,
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  Speaker 1: while the opposition bloc is around 47 to 49 seats.
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  Speaker 1: The predominantly Arab parties are projected to gain significant representation.
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  Speaker 1: The election campaign was deeply divisive, with voters bringing memories
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  Speaker 1: of conflict and national trauma to the polls. As the
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  Speaker 1: final results are awaited, the shekel weakened amidst the ongoing counting.
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  Speaker 1: Adding his perspective, President Donald Trump claimed his endorsements of
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu were instrumental in altering the election's outcome,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting they helped turn a potential defeat into a close
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  Speaker 1: race or even a victory. Meanwhile, analysts are noting significant
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  Speaker 1: discrepancies in pre-election polling, particularly regarding the surge of Arab
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  Speaker 1: party support, with some channels' predictions proving inaccurate. For continuing
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