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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

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Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. Key points and original sources are listed below.

Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. But his coalition is far short of a majority.S1 S2

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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. But his coalition is far short of a majority.

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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. But his coalition is far short of a majority.

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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. But his coalition is far short of a majority.

Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Israel

3 outlets 4 reports Published Oct 27, 2026

The brief

Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. Key points and original sources are listed below.

Netanyahu’s Likud outperformed many pre-election opinion surveys to emerge as Israel’s single biggest party. But his coalition is far short of a majority.S1 S2

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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

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Netanyahu does better than expected but neither bloc on track to form government

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