Yair Lapid congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his victory in Tuesday’s elections in Israel He informed him that he had begun preparations for the transfer of leadership, accepting his electoral defeat.

Prime Minister Lapid congratulated the opposition leader, Netanyahu, on his victory in the elections and informed him of this He instructed his entire office to prepare for an orderly delivery.”The President’s office announced in a statement.

“The State of Israel is above any political consideration. I wish Netanyahu success, for the good of the people of Israel and the State of Israel,” Lapid said.

With this message, the Prime Minister acknowledges the defeat of his party. What are you going to do?And the bloc of parties he heads versus Netanyahu’s.

After 98% of the votes have been counted, the bloc supporting the former president has 64 deputies out of a total of 120, thus obtaining the majority needed to form the executive branch.

Likud Netanyahu, who won the elections and will get 31 seats, will merge the government with the far right The Religious Zionist Party (14 seats), the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party (11 seats), and United Torah Judaism (8 seats).

Israeli media, citing political sources, said the new government may be closed by the middle of the month. Previous coalitions in recent years had narrower parliamentary majorities, making them vulnerable to no-confidence proposals.

Although these numbers are not final yet, and the final result will not be announced until tomorrow, it was confirmed this Thursday that the left-wing Meretz party does not have a chance to reach the number of votes needed to enter Parliament, for which significant changes in the distribution of seats have been ruled out. .

Meretz leader Zahava GallonToday, he said that his party’s results are a “disaster for the country” and warned against the racist component of the coalition that Netanyahu will form.

Another formation that officially left parliament is the Arab Nationalist Balad.

After submitting the final ballot to the President of the country, Isaac HerzogAnd in the next few days, he will receive leaders of parties with parliamentary representation so that they can recommend a candidate for the position of Prime Minister.

Netanyahu is expected to easily reach the minimum majority of 61 recommendations and get a mandate to form a government.

In this case, formal negotiations with its potential coalition partners, particularly regarding the appointment of ministerial portfolios, will begin before the new executive is announced.

This way, after five elections in less than four years, Israel will emerge from the political paralysis it has faced since 2018 and Netanyahu will regain power after just over a year as the leader of the opposition.

With information from EFE

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