Israel’s general election – the fourth inside two years – has produced no clear winner. It comes as no surprise given the raucous and contradictory nature of Israeli politics.
The incumbent Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, 71, has won some 30 seats for his Likud group in the 120-member parliament, the Knesset. But he doesn’t look as though he will be able to win over allies from other parties to win an overall majority of 61 seats.
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Mourners are marking the one year anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel, as violence engulfs the Middle East and Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza strip continues a year on.
Massive airstrikes are pounding Beirut, the Ayatollah stands defiant in Iran, and missiles are flying towards Israel from every direction as the region spirals towards a greater war.
Tehran will be thinking through how far it wants to take this, even as the ground moves beneath its feet.
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