# Eisenkot says Netanyahu is undermining Israel’s election result

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/israeli-opposition-accuses-netanyahu-of-trying-to-delegitimise-election/
- Published: 2026-10-29T20:21:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T21:52:27+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckdd8qdl9e0eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Art, Culture, Elections, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Arab-led parties won a record 19 Knesset seats.
- Neither main bloc secured a parliamentary majority.
- Netanyahu’s foreign-interference claims are under investigation and disputed.

## Summary

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party accused Arab-led parties of benefiting from foreign interference after election results left his coalition without a parliamentary majority. Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot and Arab party leaders say Netanyahu is using the allegations to undermine the result and make cooperation with the Arab parties politically harder.

The Arab-led Joint List and Ra’am won a record 19 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, while Netanyahu’s bloc secured 53 and Eisenkot’s 48. Shin Bet is investigating suspicions of illegal funding from Qatar and Turkey, which Qatar denies; the agency said the inquiry does not implicate the Arab community, and the election committee said there was no basis to allege systematic violations.

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