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Chikli declares Netanyahu won, but Sky reports no majority

An interview with Israel's diaspora affairs minister adds the government's response to an election count that has left neither bloc able to govern outright.

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Israel election: Netanyahu and Eisenkot tied with no clear winner

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0:24Netanyahu calls for a right-wing government without parties he describes as anti-Zionist.
1:03Chikli declares Netanyahu won and rejects earlier polling as propaganda.
1:57Eisenkot tells supporters that the public voted for change.
3:23Sky reports that neither bloc has an outright majority, leaving coalition negotiations necessary.
5:24The Jerusalem analysis notes that military ballots remain to be counted.

Amichai Chikli gives Sky News an unequivocal verdict on Israel's election: Benjamin Netanyahu won. The network's report draws a distinction between that declaration and the unresolved question of who can form a government.

The diaspora affairs minister dismisses earlier polling as "Bolshevik propaganda" and points to Likud's strength to argue that Netanyahu has a mandate. His interview follows footage of the prime minister greeting jubilant supporters in the early morning and calling for a right-wing government without parties he describes as anti-Zionist.

Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot offers a different interpretation to his own cheering supporters: "Tonight, we received an answer. The public decided in favor of change."

Sky's Jerusalem analysis puts both declarations against the parliamentary requirement neither side has yet met. With more than half the votes counted at the time of the broadcast, the network reports that neither bloc holds the 61 seats needed for a majority.

The report says Netanyahu faces coalition negotiations, while military ballots remain to be counted. Chikli's certainty is the government's political message, not a settled governing outcome.

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