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Israel Election Stalemate: Vote Count Continues · 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: The final results of Israel's latest general election remain uncertain,
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  Speaker 1: with vote counting continuing and no single bloc having yet
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  Speaker 1: secured a clear majority in the Knesset. Reports indicate that
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  Speaker 1: up to 650,000 special ballots, cast by soldiers, diplomats and
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  Speaker 1: other eligible voters, could significantly shift the final political balance,
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  Speaker 1: potentially impacting the formation of the next government. Amidst the
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  Speaker 1: ongoing count, former US President Donald Trump has claimed credit
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  Speaker 1: for influencing the election's outcome. Taking to Truth Social, Trump
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  Speaker 1: stated that his endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shifted
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  Speaker 1: the election's momentum, suggesting it led to a stalemate or
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  Speaker 1: even a win for Netanyahu, rather than a decisive defeat.
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  Speaker 1: He later reiterated this sentiment to reporters, noting that the
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  Speaker 1: Israeli shekel has been weakening as the counting progresses. Sources
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  Speaker 1: within the opposition bloc emphasise the critical nature of this moment,
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  Speaker 1: stressing there will be no second chance to unseat the
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  Speaker 1: current government. They express readiness to make painful compromises and
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  Speaker 1: break campaign promises to form a coalition. The IDF reported
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  Speaker 1: a high voter turnout among serving personnel, with over 890
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  Speaker 1: military polling stations deployed to facilitate voting. In security news,
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  Speaker 1: Serbian officials reported that a terror stabbing attack was thwarted
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  Speaker 1: near the Israeli embassy in Belgrade. According to reports, an
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  Speaker 1: unidentified minor attacked a police guard with knives, lightly injuring
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  Speaker 1: him before the guard shot and killed the assailant. The
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  Speaker 1: Serbian interior minister has defined the incident as a terror attack,
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  Speaker 1: stating the assailant was known to security services as an
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  Speaker 1: ISIS operative, prompting authorities to raise the terror threat level
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  Speaker 1: to its highest setting. On the diplomatic front, US sources
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  Speaker 1: claim that President Trump hopes Israel's next government will exclude
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  Speaker 1: senior right-wing ministers Itamar Ben-Givia and Beit Salel Smotrich. These
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  Speaker 1: sources suggest concerns that alleged settler violence could be undermining
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  Speaker 1: regional diplomatic objectives, including the expansion of the Abraham Accords.
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  Speaker 1: Reports also indicate that figures close to Trump have been
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  Speaker 1: promoting the establishment of a broad unity government, potentially involving
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu, and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today Ongoing
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