• No clear winner: Israel’s official vote count is now underway. With more than 60% counted, Israel is facing potential political deadlock, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot, within reach of the 61 seats needed for a governing majority in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset.
• Path to power: It’ll take several days to finalize the vote count. The current projections have Netanyahu’s bloc taking 55 seats, a drop from the 68-seat coalition he led in the outgoing Knesset. His Likud party is still set to be the largest single party.
