Herzog congratulates Netanyahu, refuses to say whether he’ll join coalition

With nearly all votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is set to emerge as the election’s big winner with 30 seats. The Zionist Union trails behind with 24 seats. The Joint List of Arab parties is the third-largest party at this point, followed by Yesh Atid, Kulanu, Habayit Hayehudi, Shas, Yisrael Beiteinu, United Torah Judaism, Meretz and Yahad.

 

President Reuven Rivlin said he would work for a national unity government.

 

Ballots were cast at 10,372 polling stations throughout Israel. There are 5,881,696 Israelis (citizens over the age of 18) who were eligible to vote today for the 20th Knesset.

 

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