Yossi Beilin on Meretz failing to pass the threshold
Meretz will not be a member of Israel's 25th Knesset, according to data from the Central Election Committee after all of the votes from Tuesday's election were counted.
It needed just 3,800 more votes to pass, and its approximately 151,000 votes will not count in the division of seats, leaving the bloc led by Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu with 64 seats and the parties that oppose him with 56 seats.
"This is a very difficult moment for me, and for my friends in Meretz. The election results are a disaster for Meretz, a disaster for the country, and yes, also a personal disaster for me,"…
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