Netanyahu again left scrambling for a coalition after an indecisive Israeli election
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Nearly 90% of the votes were counted in Israel on Wednesday, a day after the country went to the polls to elect a new parliament, but there was no clear winner. That deadlock has left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again scrambling to recruit support from enough small, special-interest parties to give his own party, Likud, a parliamentary majority.
Netanyahu delivered a coronavirus vaccine rollout for his country in record time, immunizing a huge proportion of the country's adults and enabling Israel's economy to entirely reopen before Election Day. His strategists had hoped that would deliver enough votes to clinch a majority in parliament, but it wasn't to be. Now he'll only be able to form a new government and return as Prime Minister if he's able to cobble together a coalition — and that's no sure thing.More Related News