The suspense is over!

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has achieved his long-desired goal of obtaining a majority with his religious and far-right allies to once again tread the highest steps of power.

Despite being on trial for corruption, Netanyahu and his allies from the ultra-Orthodox parties and the far-right Religious Zionism slate win 64 of the 120 Knesset seats, three more than the majority threshold, it said. Thursday evening the electoral commission.

Shortly before, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who had ousted Benjamin Netanyahu from power last year by setting up a motley coalition (right, center, left, Arab) which has since imploded, contacted his rival to congratulate him on this victory, at the end of the legislative elections on Tuesday.

"Prime Minister Lapid congratulated Mr. Netanyahu on his election victory and informed the opposition leader that he had given instructions to prepare for an orderly transition," his spokesman said in a statement.

The fractured left just misses the mark

“The State of Israel is above all political considerations.

I wish Netanyahu success, for the good of the people of Israel and the State of Israel,” said Yair Lapid.

Netanyahu's 'right-wing bloc' wins 64 seats - 32 for his Likud party, 18 for the two Orthodox parties and a record 14 for the far-right - in what analysts say could be a record 14, election commission says , the most right-wing government in the country's history.

Centrist Lapid's Yesh Atid ("There is a future") party won 24 seats, its center-right ally Benny Gantz 12 seats, followed by 10 seats for two other parties and five for the Arab Raam party, which had also supported his coalition, for a total of 51 deputies.



The fate is particularly cruel for the left coalition: with 4,000 votes, the Meretz party could have obtained the 3.25% necessary to enter Parliament with four seats from the outset, which would have deprived the right of a majority.

In order to avoid this scenario, Meretz had asked the Labor Party before the elections to form an alliance in order to ensure that they crossed the threshold together.

In vain.

Ditto for two Arab parties, Hadash / Taal (which still obtains five seats) and Balad, which decided at the last minute not to present themselves on the same electoral list, depriving the anti-Netanyahu camp of many seats in total. .

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