{"id":2693723,"date":"2026-10-29T23:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-israeli-election-results-show-netanyahu-falling-short\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:51:02","slug":"final-israeli-election-results-show-netanyahu-falling-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-israeli-election-results-show-netanyahu-falling-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Israeli election results show Netanyahu falling short"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinal-israeli-election-results-show-netanyahu-falling-short%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2693723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\" aria-labelledby=\"wex-article-title\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> and the right-wing Likud party fell short of gaining a 61-seat majority needed to control the Knesset as the election results were finalized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netanyahu\u2019s bloc secured 53 seats, while the opposition bloc, led by former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/idf\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1769\">Israel Defense Forces<\/a> chief of staff <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4783901\/who-is-gadi-eisenkot-israel-elections-knesset-results\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4783901\">Gadi Eisenkot<\/a>, won 48 seats and the Arab parties the remaining 19 seats. 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