Deadlock again: Israel stuck after election
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Israelis woke up Wednesday to a familiar political deadlock. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition nor the opposition won a clear majority to form a government.
The results extend an unprecedented streak of political paralysis: six elections in seven years. Between 2019 and 2022, the country voted in five.