2021 Election

With election results so far predicting yet another coalition-building impasse, if Benjamin Netanyahu is tasked with forming the government he has his work cut out for him.

Votes to be certified in coming days and then submitted to president, who will have the daunting task of figuring out who will can assemble a government. Yamina, Ra'am hold linchpin position.

"The main goal now is to take over the Knesset," Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman tells potential coalition partners.

Israeli elections garner widespread media coverage around the world. The New York Times: "After fourth vote in two years, Israelis wonder: When will the political morass end?"

Unlike other Arab factions, Ra'am has not ruled out working with the Likud or other right-wing parties if Netanyahu can secure gains for the Arab community.

The right-wing bloc may have a majority on paper, but that doesn’t mean Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to form a coalition.

By April 7, President Reuven Rivlin is expected to choose the legislator with the best chance of putting together a coalition, but that won’t necessarily be the leader of the largest party or political bloc.

With Right and Center-Left blocs in neck-and-neck race, the fate of the elections seems to rest on Yamina's shoulders.

Some 500,000 ballots have yet to have been counted as of Wednesday night. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party expected to hold on to 30-seat plurality, but right-wing bloc's path to victory is as complicated as ever.

According to the estimates, the party is projected to garner 6 or 7 seats, making it indispensable in any right-wing government.