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Netanyahu pardon scenarios enter debate over Israel's next government

A Turkish election broadcast distinguishes speculation about domestic corruption cases from international proceedings, as exit polls leave both blocs short of a majority.

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İsrail'in Seçimi: İlk Sonuçlar CNN TÜRK'te! | CANLI HABER

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0:00A Turkish translation carries Trump's Texas rally remarks on energy, Iran, manufacturing and James Talarico.
16:07Israel election coverage begins with Çakmak reporting from outside Eisenkot's party headquarters in Tel Aviv.
18:25Initial exit polls leave neither bloc with the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.
28:00Citing Channel 12, the broadcast reports that Herzog could give Eisenkot the task of forming a government.
39:45Paksoy discusses possible legislation excluding Netanyahu from power and speculation about a pardon.
41:14Sakarya says the pardon discussion concerns Netanyahu's domestic corruption cases, not international proceedings.

Discussion of a possible pardon for Benjamin Netanyahu concerns his domestic corruption and bribery cases, not international proceedings, lawyer Kadriye Güçlü Sakarya explains during Turkey's CNN TÜRK election broadcast. It is one of several scenarios the panel considers, rather than an announced agreement over the Israeli prime minister's future.

The broadcast, titled "İsrail'in Seçimi: İlk Sonuçlar CNN TÜRK'te! | CANLI HABER" (Live: Israel's election, first results), moves from early projections to the political and legal questions that could follow them.

Reporting outside Gadi Eisenkot's party headquarters in Tel Aviv after polls close, Emrah Çakmak says neither bloc has reached the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority. Graphics show two broadcasters projecting Eisenkot's bloc in the low fifties, slightly ahead of Netanyahu's. These are exit-poll estimates, not final election results.

Eisenkot, a former Israeli military chief and leader of the Yashar party, is Netanyahu's principal challenger. Çakmak discusses the seats projected for Ra'am and other Arab-majority parties as the broadcast examines possible governing combinations.

Citing Israel's Channel 12, the program reports that President Isaac Herzog could ask Eisenkot to attempt to form a government. It also relays Eisenkot's stated ambition to assemble a government with the change bloc. Neither development establishes that he has secured the necessary partners.

White House correspondent Yunus Paksoy offers a more definitive political reading, arguing that voters have rejected Netanyahu's bloc. He also discusses speculation about legislation that could prevent Netanyahu from returning as prime minister and about a possible pardon. Sakarya's intervention separates the domestic legal issues under discussion from international cases. The broadcast does not announce that any such legislation or pardon has been approved.

The election coverage begins roughly sixteen minutes into the recording. Before that, a Turkish voiceover translates Donald Trump's Texas rally remarks about energy, Iran, manufacturing and Senate candidate James Talarico. Later, translated commentary from i24 analysts broadens the coalition discussion.

The broadcast also carries a warning against premature celebrations from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who points to Likud's standing as the largest party and urges opponents to learn from past experience.

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