Israel's election count continues with no clear winner as Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs compete to form a government

Summary

Vote counting in Israel was still underway with no clear winner in sight, as the numbers trickled in for the blocs led by Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government. Natan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, discussed the situation with Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on the Horizons Middle East & Africa program, and described the two leaders as sharing strategic goals.

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   28 Oct 2026, 07:37 UTCSource ↗

   Bloomberg reports in a video that counting is still underway in Israel with no clear winner, and that Natan Sachs of the Middle East Institute discussed the Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs and their shared strategic goals with Abeer Abu Omar.