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Israeli Right-wing, religious parties won 58 seats in Knesset


Wed 24 Mar 2021 | 08:56 AM
Ahmed Moamar

The Israeli right-wing camp led by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu won 58 seats in the upcoming Knesset after counting 51% of the votes in the legislative elections that were held in Israel on Tuesday.

In contrast, opponents of Netanyahu won 55 seats, according to a report published by the Israel Broadcasting Corporation (Makan), this morning.

The  Corporation said in its report that the results indicate that the Likud gets 32 seats, Yesh Atid (There is future)  wins 17, Shas 6, Torah Judaism, Kahol Lavan (Blue and White), and Yamina 8 seats each, Yisrael Beiteinu and Hatzionot Haditet (the Religious Zionist) 7 seats each, the Joint List, Labor, and Hadashha 6 seats for each of them, Meretz (Rights of the Citizen) gets 5 seats, "noting that" according to the results, the United Arab List does not exceed the threshold qualify to the Knesset ( the Israeli legislative body).

In a separate report, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation stated that      Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in front of the cameras to say that the Israelis gave Likud, under its leadership, a great victory and that it had won by a large margin over the opposition parties.

Netanyahu considered that the majority of the Israelis are supporters of the right as they want a strong and stable right-wing government to maintain   Israel's economy, its security, and its land, and this is what we will do. "The report added that the prime minister spoke on the phone with Naftali Bint and  Arieh Deri heads of  Yamina and Shas parties in a row.

The High Elections Commission in Israel said that 51.5%  of the electorate cast votes until 6 p.m. yesterday.

The commissioner revealed that the turnout is the lowest since the 2009 elections.

The commission announced earlier that 1,200 out of 6,700 people infected with the Coronavirus had voted and 250 were on their way to cast their votes.