Netanyahu's future unclear as exit polls show no clear winner
CGTN
After Israel's fourth election in two years, the outcome is once again uncertainty. No party has won a majority, although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party is the largest in the Knesset (Parliament), winning around 30 of the 120 seats, followed by the more centrist Yesh Atid party led by Yair Lapid, which picked up around 18 seats. No clear victor has emerged to win at least 61 lawmakers in Israel's elections, with nearly 90 percent of ballots counted in Tuesday's vote.
Overall, parties on the right of the political spectrum win the most seats, with the centrist and leftist parties and Arab parties, picking up fewer.
That the political right – and Netanyahu – fared so well may be partly due to the turnaround in Israel's fortunes regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in recent months.
