Netanyahu remains caretaker as Israel weighs possible coalition partners

ABC News' Britt Clennett identifies an agreement with Arab parties as a central question for Gadi Eisenkot's bloc.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 933,777 views a day, 68 times a normal first day on this channel (13,656).

Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu faces political deadlock after election

Neither bloc has a majority. Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud emerged as the largest party in Israel's election, but that has not given his right-wing allies enough seats to form a government, ABC News correspondent Britt Clennett reports from Jerusalem.

His challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, also lacks the support to replace him outright. Clennett points to the Arab-Israeli parties, which together won 19 seats amid high turnout, as a potentially important part of the coalition negotiations. The question is whether Eisenkot's bloc can reach an agreement with them, not simply whether it finished ahead of Netanyahu's allies.

Clennett also reports that Netanyahu has made election-fraud allegations without evidence following the surge in Arab voting. She expects negotiations to take weeks, with Netanyahu and his government remaining in office in the meantime.

The short report drew more than half a million views in its first ten hours, far beyond the usual start for an ABC News Short. Its appeal comes with a clear distinction for readers following the result: an election can deny a governing majority without immediately changing who holds office.

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The numbers

The election report drew an unusually large early audience for an ABC News Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,656

this video

933,777

subscribers

19,900,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

19,262,387,726

views per day

6,598,571

typical day: 7,462,443

the video

views

542,966

likes

1,419

comments

373

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

BBC News

20,200,000

CNN

20,000,000

ABC News

19,900,000

Fox News

15,500,000

Inside Edition

13,800,000

Vox

12,700,000

As of October 30, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.