Yousef Jabareen

Exit polls project Arab parties at 17–18 seats in Israel’s election

📅 27 October 2026

After polls closed on 27 October, television exit polls projected no clear majority: the Netanyahu bloc at about 50 seats, the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot at 52–53, and Arab parties...

Provisional Israeli count gives Arab-led lists 19 seats, with no bloc near a majority

📅 29 October 2026

Wattan reported at 08:10 on 29 October that 98.5% of votes had been counted, with Netanyahu's bloc at 53 seats, the opposition bloc at 48, and Arab-led lists at 19. Wattan's breakdown was 11 seats for...