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No Israel Party Wins Majority as Netanyahu Becomes Caretaker

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Israel held a parliamentary election on Oct 27, 2026, and no party won a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
The vote was framed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authoritarianism and the exclusion of Palestinians and Arab Israelis from democracy.
Netanyahu warned Iran’s program could cause a ‘second Holocaust’ and posted a Tel Aviv blast image.
Bank of Israel rebuked Netanyahu’s sanctions bypass; opposition framed vote as partnership versus isolation.

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Israel held a parliamentary election on Oct 27 2026, and no party secured a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
Britain’s September 2026 sanctions on settlement goods, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, were denounced by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar as blatant electoral interference.
Exit polls gave Likud 50 seats and Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc 52, each below the 61-seat majority.
Benjamin Netanyahu will be caretaker prime minister until a new Knesset meets or elections occur.

History

In April 2019 an election followed a dispute over Haredi conscription and corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leaving Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White each with 35 of 120 Knesset seats. The snap September vote failed to form a government, creating parliaments. The October 27 2026 election repeated stalemate, with Netanyahu’s Likud bloc winning about 53 seats versus Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition.

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Bank of Israel Rebuke

Israel held a parliamentary election on Oct 27, 2026, and no party won a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
The vote was framed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authoritarianism and the exclusion of Palestinians and Arab Israelis from democracy.
Netanyahu warned Iran’s program could cause a ‘second Holocaust’ and posted a Tel Aviv blast image.
Bank of Israel rebuked Netanyahu’s sanctions bypass; opposition framed vote as partnership versus isolation.

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