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Israel Election Deadlock and Coalition Uncertainty · 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: Preliminary results from Israel's 2026 election show a deeply fractured
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  Speaker 1: political landscape, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc, nor
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  Speaker 1: the opposition securing the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority.
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  Speaker 1: According to the Central Elections Committee, Netanyahu's bloc is projected
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  Speaker 1: to win 53 seats, while the opposition bloc stands at 49.
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  Speaker 1: Arab parties achieved a record surge, gaining 19 seats, complicating
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  Speaker 1: potential government formations. President Isaac Herzog has urged leaders to
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  Speaker 1: approach coalition negotiations with open minds to avoid another election round.
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  Speaker 1: The opposition's refusal to rely on Arab parties could force
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  Speaker 1: fresh elections or a unity government. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Israel
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  Speaker 1: Katz criticised opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot for alleged undemocratic remarks
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  Speaker 1: to senior IDF officials regarding directives from the Prime Minister.
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  Speaker 1: In a concerning incident, authorities in Belgrade are treating an
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  Speaker 1: attack on a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy as
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  Speaker 1: a terrorist attack. Police said a minor assailant armed with
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  Speaker 1: knives attacked the officer, shouting Allahu Akbar, before being killed
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  Speaker 1: by the officer in self-defence. Serbia has since raised its
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  Speaker 1: terror threat level and increased police presence at key locations.
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  Speaker 1: The attacker is believed to be a supporter of the
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  Speaker 1: Islamic State group. In Judea, IDF and Yamaz soldiers are
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  Speaker 1: continuing operations to thwart terrorism. Following an attack last Friday
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  Speaker 1: in Hebron, where Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reutman and Sergeant
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  Speaker 1: Yuval Shai Esvilim were killed, and three other soldiers were injured.
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  Speaker 1: During operations in the Hebron area, forces confiscated weapons, including
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  Speaker 1: an M16 rifle and knives. According to intelligence from the
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet, Yamam forces apprehended six terrorists, one of whom
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  Speaker 1: is affiliated with Hamas and involved in planning attacks. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: police arrested a Palestinian resident of Yatta, in the Hebron area,
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  Speaker 1: after he reportedly stated his intention to carry out a
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  Speaker 1: terror attack targeting Israeli civilians. On the international front, American
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  Speaker 1: sources told Waller that US President Donald Trump reportedly desires
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli government without ministers Itamar Ben-Givir and Beit Salel Smotrich.
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  Speaker 1: The reported reasoning is that settler violence, which the sources
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  Speaker 1: link to these ministers, is undermining his regional vision and
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  Speaker 1: making its implementation more difficult. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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