The votes of this week’s election in Israel have been counted. For Benjamin Netanyahu, the path to the post of Prime Minister has become difficult this time. After counting the votes, Arab leader Mansoor Abbas (Mansour Abbas) has emerged as the kingmaker. With his support, Netanyahu’s Likud Party can come to power again. In this way, the road for Netanyahu to reach power again has become difficult. Significantly, there are elections for the fourth time in two years in Israel.
Netanyahu’s Likud party has emerged as the largest party in this election. However, even after this, it has failed to touch the magic figure of a majority of 61 seats in the 120-member Israeli parliament. For this reason, it has no other way than to form a coalition to form a government. On the other hand, even Netanyahu’s rival bloc has not got the majority figure in this election. The left, right and centrist factions fought as friends with the enemy to oust Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
Mansoor’s party holds the key to power
Analysts believe that a coalition led by Netanyahu can come to power with the support of the Yemeni Party. The leadership of the Yemeni Party is in the hands of former Defense Minister Naphtali Bennett. Bennett has not yet expressed his commitment to any camp. But his political inclination may be towards Netanyahu. However, the road to the key to power has been thrilling ever since the Islamist United Arab List Party led by Mansoor Abbas has won four seats in Parliament. In this way, this party has emerged as a kingmaker.
Arab parties never joined the government coalition, so Netanyahu’s problems increased
If the parties supporting Netanyahu also get the support of Bennett’s party, then they will be able to reach 59 seats only. In this way, Netanyahu may need Abbas to form the government again. It is to be noted here that Bennett and Mansoor’s party have not given their support to anyone so far. Due to the deep division between different parties, it will be difficult for any camp to get a majority. Arab parties have never joined a government coalition, whereas such a coalition is a curse for nationalist parties.