Lahav Harkov

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@wccubbison They might agree to Smotrich and not Ben-Gvir

Smotrich, Ben-Gvir remain key parts of Netanyahu’s bloc despite widespread condemnation  ‘We are together and we are staying together,’ Netanyahu reportedly told the far-right ministers, whose parties held roughly steady jewishinsider.com/2026/10/smotri…

With 100% of the votes counted: Netanyahu bloc 53 Eisenkot bloc 48 Arab parties 19 Likud 27 Yashar 21 B’Yachad 12 Joint List 11 Democrats 8 Ra’am 8 UTJ 7 Yisrael Beytenu 7 Otzma 7 Religious Zionists 6 Shas 6

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@joshtpm Let’s see if Balad is willing to recommend a former IDF chief of staff to be prime minister. What they’re saying now is let’s work to bring down Netanyahu.

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@nycvoter I think they can work together to be a huge thorn in Netanyahu’s side but there’s no Israeli government that will be able to satisfy what the Joint List needs to join it. Unless they make a huge Ra’am-esque change. Remember that Balad wouldn’t even recommend Gantz to unseat Bibi.

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Are there some things the Eisenkot and Arab blocs can do together to hinder Netanyahu's efforts to form a government? Absolutely. But it still remains extremely unlikely that, say, Ahmed Tibi is going to be in the government.

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These comments are clueless. 12 out of the 19 seats that are going to Arab parties according to the latest count belong to a party that refuses to be part of any Israeli government. And the remaining 7 seats aren't enough for the opposition to reach a majority. x.com/PhilGordonDC/s…

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Likud says the Arab parties “stole the election” and that they have evidence of fraud they submitted to the police and Shin Bet x.com/netanyahu/stat…

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The most accurate exit poll was i24, whose pollster people dismissed as right-leaning because he used to work for Netanyahu. (It got less attention than the Channel 14 poll, though.) x.com/avishaigrinzai…

Going on the @FDD Morning Brief with @JSchanzer in a few minutes to discuss the Israeli election results (so far)

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@blobblo07476369 @yuvalpi I’m not talking about a coalition. You don’t need a government to pass laws in the Knesset. I assume you didn’t read the article that this whole thread is about.

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@blobblo07476369 @yuvalpi While you’re right, the definition is more nuanced, leading joint list candidates have said clearly that they want to act to bring down Netanyahu which is why I think that legislation to that end has a chance.

Here is my updated analysis, with 60% of the vote counted (and the results can still change, of course) With most votes counted, Eisenkot falls short – but Netanyahu may not have won either jewishinsider.com/2026/10/israel…

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@blobblo07476369 @yuvalpi Every Knesset member gets a vote whether s/he is Zionist or not, and as such a Knesset with an anti-Bibi majority can still pass laws that the pro-Bibi plurality won’t like.

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In my defense, at this point there is still an anti-Bibi majority so everything in my analysis is relevant except the probability of Herzog giving Eisenkot the first shot at forming a coalition. Let’s see where that stands in a few hours!

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With 42% of the vote counted, the Netanyahu bloc has now pulled significantly ahead of the Eisenkot bloc. Likud 28 Yashar 21 Netanyahu bloc 57 Eisenkot bloc 47 As they said in ‘96, we went to bed with Eisenkot (Peres) and woke up with Bibi. But — it’s only 42% of the votes x.com/lahavharkov/st…

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Avrum Burg having Tucker Carlson write the foreword for his book is, well, a totally unsurprising step on his trajectory. Next he’ll be telling Carlson to burn the Talmud. x.com/cuny_prof/stat…

Most Israelis voted for change — but that may not be enough for a new government The major question to come: Would Gadi Eisenkot invite an Arab party to join his coalition? jewishinsider.com/2026/10/israel…

Israeli exit polls: opposition bloc holds early edge jewishinsider.com/2026/10/israel…

In the Channel 13 exit poll, Likud received 25 seats in the Knesset, while Eisenkot’s Yashar has 23, while his bloc had 53 seats and the bloc supporting Netanyahu had 50. Record 17 seats for Arab parties. On Channel 12, Likud received 24 seats and Yashar had 22, while