LATEST: Israeli exit polls indicate PM Netanyahu's Likud party and the rival Blue and White party are locked in a race that is too close to call.
Tsafrir Abayov / APGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Israeli exit polls indicate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and the rival Blue and White party are locked in a race that is too close to call.
With neither side having a clear advantage, they will have to wait for official results to come in overnight."The right bloc in the Likud won a definite victory. I thank the citizens of Israel for their trust. I will begin forming a right-wing government with our natural partners tonight," Netanyahu tweeted in Hebrew.
The election has been widely seen as a referendum on the scandal-plagued Netanyahu, who in the waning days of the campaign pledged toHis campaign was severely tested by Gantz, 59, a former head of the Israeli Defense Forces and a political novice who formed the Blue and White Party, a coalition of centrists and former military officers, on a promise of clean government and social harmony.
"This is a day of hope, a day of unity," Gantz said earlier Tuesday as he cast his vote in Rosh HaAyin near Tel Aviv."I look into everyone's eyes and know that we can connect." Neither the Blue and White nor Likud are expected to win an outright majority — no Israeli party ever has in the 120-seat Parliament — which means a larger party will have to form a coalition with smaller ones.
That party, usually but not always the largest faction, then has four weeks to form a coalition. A new government will be given the four-year term, but disagreements between coalition parties often result in early elections.
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