Netanyahu's party claims election 'stolen' as results show him losing majority

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIsrael's election results show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc short of a governing majority, and his Likud party is saying the vote was stolen.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHis bloc won fifty-three seats in the one hundred twenty-seat Knesset, down from sixty-eight at its peak in the last parliament.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA government needs at least sixty-one.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLikud is still the largest single party with twenty-seven seats, according to the Central Elections Committee.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIts statement said, quote, the elections in Israel have been stolen.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLikud says Arab parties engaged in bribery, voter intimidation and forgery, and that it gave hundreds of witness accounts to police and the elections committee.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAxios reports that half of Netanyahu's Election Day posts questioned turnout in Arab communities.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResults are expected to be certified next week, and the Knesset is sworn in several days after that.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLargest party, fewest friends. Fifty-three out of sixty-one is the sort of gap you can't fill with a strongly worded statement.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI've seen a forecast miss by less, and I got a whole cold front wrong in Leeds. I felt that in my knees.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCertification is next week. That's the number that counts.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHere we go. Counting.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistCounting is the only forecast that never gets rained on, Dale. Unless they lose the ballots in a cloud.