Israel political deadlock leaves Netanyahu’s future hanging in the balance

Israel’s election results are due to be certified on Wednesday, but with both leading blocs falling short of a parliamentary majority, negotiations remain deadlocked.As things stand, the right-wing coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured 53 seats in the October 27 vote, while the self-styled Zionist opposition alliance led by former army chief Gadi Eisenkot had 48. A majority requires 61 seats in the 120-strong Knesset. The 19 remaining seats went to the two Arab-led lists – the Joint List and Ra’am, or the United Arab List.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israel election: When will government be formed, who will lead it?list 2 of 4Israeli officials say results stand as Netanyahu claims election ‘stolen’list 3 of 4The future of the Palestinian vote in Israellist 4 of 4Arab parties back Eisenkot: What’s the latest in Israel’s coalition talks?end of listNetanyahu’s camp has been accused of seeking to delegitimise the results after launching a series of largely discounted claims that the vote for the Arab parties, which scored their best-ever electoral performance, had been manipulated by foreign interference.Despite their historic showing that was boosted ...