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Israel's election ends in a dead heat, with 51 seats each
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Israel's Knesset, its 120-seat parliament, needs 61 seats for a majority, and exit polls from major TV networks put both Netanyahu's bloc and Gadi Eisenkot's bloc on 51. Arab-led parties are forecast to secure an unprecedented 18 or 19 seats, potentially positioning them as kingmakers. Turnout reached 77.7%, and about 600,000 absentee ballots won't be fully counted until Thursday.
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