Netanyahu Holds Slight Edge in Election Exit Polls

“Voting stations across Israel have closed and the exit polls predict that the right-wing bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a thin majority in the next Knesset, making the former prime minister the most likely to be asked to form a government,” Haaretz reports.

“In a shock triumph for the far right, the Religious Zionism party headed by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich is forecast to become the third-largest party in the Knesset.”

Jerusalem Post: “The victory will bring Netanyahu back into power after serving as prime minister between 1996-1999 and 2009-2021. He is already Israel’s longest serving prime minister.”