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With 37% counted, Likud leads with 21.7% of votes and the Arab left rises to third force
Israel's Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is in the lead with 21.7% of the votes counted, followed by Yashar! with 15.7% and the Joint List with 9.2%. The count, which covers 2.12 million ballots from 5,037 polling stations, shows a total of 5,695,682 votes cast. Netanyahu has urged caution, calling for a wait for definitive results, but has expressed support for a right-wing government excluding "Arab and anti-Zionist parties".
The current standings have the ultra-Orthodox parties, Judaísmo Unido de la Torá and Shas, at 6.4% and 5.7% respectively.
Written by urgent.news from El Pais's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
