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JFeed outlines coalition scenarios as Israel’s election blocs remain tied

With Israel’s election blocs still level, JFeed sketches possible coalition paths. Available reporting provides no verified seat projections or details of the scenarios.

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What happened

Key facts

  • JFeed says polls show a tie between the blocs (per jfeed.com).
  • JFeed says politicians have declared whom they will and will not sit with (per jfeed.com).
  • JFeed describes an optimistic scenario for Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc in which Likud, the haredi parties, Ben-Gvir, Smotrich and Winter together reach 64 mandates, assuming no significant votes are wasted (per jfeed.com).
  • JFeed says that the 64-mandate scenario for the “change” and “correction” camp could result from strong turnout among left-wing voters who flew in to vote or from Smotrich or Winter failing to cross the threshold (per jfeed.com).
  • In the deadlock scenario described by JFeed, Netanyahu’s bloc has 55 seats and the left has 50 (per jfeed.com).
  • JFeed says figures on the left, including Yair Golan, have said they would work with Arab parties to remove Netanyahu (per jfeed.com).
  • JFeed says the deadlock scenario could lead to elections for the 27th Knesset, with those seeking another vote hoping the blocs’ balance will shift (per jfeed.com).

The brief

Israel’s election blocs remain tied in polls, and the path to a stable coalition is uncertain, JFeed says. The outlet links that uncertainty to politicians declaring whom they would and would not join. It lays out several possible outcomes rather than a settled result. In one scenario, Likud, the haredi parties, Ben-Gvir, Smotrich and Winter together secure 64 mandates.

JFeed presents this as the optimistic outcome for Netanyahu’s right-wing camp and makes it conditional on no significant votes being wasted. In that scenario, Netanyahu would head into another four-year term. JFeed also describes a possible 64-mandate result for the “change” and “correction” camp.

It names the four parties in that bloc as Eisenkot, Bennett-Lapid, Liberman and Yair Golan. The outlet says this outcome could follow either strong turnout among left-wing voters who flew in to vote or Smotrich or Winter failing to cross the threshold. A separate scenario in JFeed’s account has no clear decision and a tie between the camps.

For that case, it gives Netanyahu’s bloc 55 seats and the left 50. These figures are presented as part of the deadlock scenario, not as a reported final election result. JFeed says figures on the left, including Yair Golan, have declared they would work with the Arab parties to remove Netanyahu.

The account presents that cooperation as a possibility in the deadlock scenario, rather than as an agreed coalition arrangement. If the deadlock leads to another election, JFeed says it would be for the 27th Knesset. The outlet describes those seeking another vote as hoping the balance between the blocs would shift next time.

Its scenarios hinge on the seat totals, turnout among left-wing voters who flew in to vote, whether Smotrich or Winter cross the threshold, and the positions politicians have stated about coalition partners.

Why it matters

  • A tied outcome could leave Israel without a durable governing majority, making it harder to pass budgets and legislation and potentially forcing another round of coalition talks or elections. The result matters to voters because party thresholds and turnout could determine which bloc governs, affecting the influence of religious and far-right parties over policy.

What to watch next

  • Whether either bloc reaches the 64 mandates described in JFeed’s coalition scenarios.
  • Whether Smotrich or Winter crosses the threshold, a factor JFeed identifies in the possible outcome for the “change” and “correction” camp.
  • Whether left-wing voters who flew in to vote turn out in force, another factor in JFeed’s 64-mandate scenario.
  • Whether a deadlock leads to elections for the 27th Knesset, as JFeed says could happen, and whether those seeking another vote see a shift in the blocs’ balance.

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  1. Israel held its first Knesset election, using proportional representation to allocate seats among party lists.
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  2. Israel’s proportional system and the 61-seat majority requirement long predate that period; the Basic Law: The Knesset was adopted on February 12, 1958, as part of Israel’s evolving constitutional framework.
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  3. The Knesset passed legislation raising the electoral threshold from 2 percent to 3.25 percent.
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  4. Israel held a parliamentary election that did not produce a durable governing majority.
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  5. Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz formed a unity government.
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  6. The fourth election in that cycle followed on March 23, 2021.
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  7. A coalition led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid replaced Netanyahu’s government.
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  8. Israel’s last completed national election before the current electoral cycle was held on November 1, 2022.
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  9. Likud won 32 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc secured 64; Netanyahu’s government, including ultra-Orthodox parties and Religious Zionism, was sworn in on December 29, 2022.
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How we got here

Israel’s last completed national election before the current electoral cycle was held on November 1, 2022. Likud won 32 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc secured 64; Netanyahu’s government, including ultra-Orthodox parties and Religious Zionism, was sworn in on December 29, 2022.

The preceding election, on March 23, 2021, had produced a different governing arrangement: Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid formed a coalition that included the Arab Islamist Ra’am party, and it took office on June 13, 2021. That government lost its Knesset majority and dissolved the parliament in June 2022, leading to the November election.

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