Democrats weigh Israel election results amid lingering uncertainty

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIsrael's election ended with neither side able to form a government, and Democrats in Congress are trying to decide how they feel about that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is on Capitol Hill.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside the Capitol, and the story says Democrats on the Hill are heartened by the turnout and by the drop in support for Netanyahu.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHere are the numbers. Netanyahu's bloc won fifty-three seats and Eisenkot's won forty-eight, and you need sixty-one of the hundred and twenty. Nobody got there.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo Democrats are heartened by a result where nobody won.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIt's a generous reading, yes. Netanyahu's bloc held sixty-eight seats at its peak, so they see a trend. I've covered worse readings of better numbers.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWho holds the balance?

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentParties led by Israel's Arab minority, with a combined nineteen seats, which NBC calls historic.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentEisenkot can't govern without them, and before the vote both he and Netanyahu ruled them out.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBoth men said they'd never call them. Nineteen seats just got a lot of voicemail.