🇮🇱⚡- Yisrael Beiteinu and Yashar have both once again ruled out forming a government with either Arab party.

🇮🇱⚡️- Channel 15 is also now projecting that Gadi Eisenkot will receive the mandate to form the new government.

🇮🇱⚡- "We cannot be ignored in any political scenario, and we will make responsible decisions in the coming weeks, regardless of the scenario," - Joint List, of the Arab-coalition.

🇮🇱⚡- The Likud-camp believe the Yashar-camp would receive first mandate from the President in forming a government, Ma'ariv reports. The phase could last approximately 28 days (+14 additional days).

If Yashar fail, the President will pass the role to the Likud-camp, who will have a similar amount of time.

If both parties fail, the President will call for a second election, that could take place in early 2027.

During the entire process, Benjamin Netanyahu will assume the role of a caretaker Prime Minister.

The options to form a government are passing the 61 seats threshold, forming a minority government, or a Yashar-led unity government with Likud.

🇮🇱⚡- Vote counting has begun.

🇺🇸✝️⚡️- Colin Sharpe, leader of the Boston University College Republicans, has passed away.

Colin was a widely recognized leader in the revival of Campus Conservative politics at high level Universities. The Boston Globe featured him in an interview covering the rise of College Republicans in early 2025.

Sharpe was 20 years old.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Daily Wire employee Mateus Pereira, alongside other Trump supporters such as Matt Forney, are gloating over the death of the young conservative due his refusal to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy.

🇮🇱⚡- "Ofer Winter caused the right wing to lose many seats. If Winter had not insisted on running in the elections, the right wing would have achieved a clear victory," - A senior Likud-bloc official to i24 News (Israeli Channel 15).

🇮🇱⚡️- Channel 13 now projects 18 seats for the Arab parties.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "After the elections, the possibility of a confrontation with Iran exists - but it depends on the Americans. The intention is to pursue a joint course of action, if the decision on this matter is made by President Trump," - An Israeli security source tells Israeli Channel 12.

🇮🇱⚡- "Had it not been for Ofer Winter's despicable campaign, the right-wing bloc would have won," - Yair Altman of Israeli Channel 14.

🇺🇸⚡️- Known sex pest Matt Forney, who wrote a book about being a passport bro in the Philippines, joined in on the celebrations immediately over this students death leading the chorus of Trump supporters.

🇮🇱⚡- "It is unlikely that Eisenkot will call on Netanyahu to join him in a unity government, and Eisenkot instead may try to form a minority Zionist government," - Yaron Avraham of Israeli Channel 12.

🇮🇱⚡- The Joint List mock Itamar Ben-Gvir, chanting "go [home] Ben-Gvir, go [home] Ben-Gvir".

🇮🇱⚡- The final voter turnout was 77.7%, the highest since 2001.

🇮🇱⚡- The Arab population in Lod, Israel, celebrating the outcome of the elections.

🇮🇱⚡️- "We thank Ben-Gvir for his excellent work, which led to an unprecedented turnout of Arabs at the ballot boxes." - Israel Hayom, citing a senior Likud party official.

🇮🇱 - Likud polling numbers. Opinion polls pre-election vs. exist polls post-election:

Israeli Channel 11: 20 vs. 25.
Israeli Channel 12: 21 vs. 24.
Israeli Channel 13: 19 vs. 25.
Israeli Channel 14: 30 vs. 30.
Israeli Channel 15: 24 vs. 25.

All three of the anti-Likud outlets, 11, 12, and 13, polled Likud well below their exit polls.

🇮🇱⚡- Channel 14 predicts right-wing candidate and member of the Eisenkot-led Yashar-bloc Avigdor Lieberman (of Yisrael Beiteinu) falls to break the 3.25% threshold.