Netanyahu wins the elections in Israel with a majority to govern, according to the polls

The leader of the Likud party and former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (The anti-Netanyahu camp, led by the current acting head of government, Yair Lapid, remains in 54-55 seatsMore than 6.7 million Israelis were called this Wednesday at the polls for the fifth time since 2019, Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the elections in Israel on Wednesday, with his Likud party as the most voted, and the bloc of right-wing and religious formations that support him would add between 61 and 62 deputies , enough to form a government, according to exit polls. The anti-Netanyahu camp, led by the current acting head of government, Yair Lapid, remains at 54-55 seats, according to the first polls published at the end of the polling stations at 10:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. GMT). The Lapid formation, the centrist Yesh Atid (There is a Future), achieved an average of 23 seats, its best result, but the amalgamation of right, center and left parties that r support to create an anti-Netanyahu front has not gathered enough support. However, these are preliminary figures, which can still dance a lot throughout the morning, while the count progresses, and the final results will not be known until Friday .More than 6.7 million Israelis were called this Wednesday to the polls for the fifth time since 2019, a new electoral appointment that does not seem to be going to get the country out of its instability and political paralysis due to the lack of clear majorities for the two sides in which the ideological arc is divided. The novelty of these elections has been the rise of the Jewish supremacist extreme right, agglutinated in the Religious Zionism movement – openly racist, anti-Arab and homophobic – which has established itself as the third most voted force with between 14 and 15 seats, which are added to the pro-Netanyahu side.