Israel Election 2026: Netanyahu or Eisenkot, why Palestine’s future remains unchanged?
Ballot Box Apartheid in Israel: Neither Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc nor Eisenkot’s ‘Change Bloc’ secured the 61 seats needed for a majority in Israel’s 26th Knesset election. Arab parties emerged as kingmakers with 19 seats, but both camps ruled out a coalition with them. The election has once again exposed the deep-rooted political consensus against Palestinian statehood.
Israel’s 26th parliamentary election has ended. Preliminary exit polls suggest that neither the right-wing bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu, the far-right coalition, nor the opposition’s ‘Change Bloc’, led by Gadi Eisenkot, has secured the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-member Knesset.
Although Likud has emerged as the largest party with 27 seats, Netanyahu’s coalition is projected to win only 50 to 52 seats. The opposition bloc is expected to secure between 54 and 56. Arab parties repr...
