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Israel faces weeks of political wrangling after deadlocked election

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral coalition opened a sizable lead over Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc with 85 percent of the vote counted. But while Netanyahu outperformed exit polls, which had Eisenkot's opposition coalition ahead, neither bloc will clear a 6

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Both outlets frame the story as a post-election deadlock that leaves Israel headed into weeks of coalition talks. Axios focuses more on the vote count and the fact that Netanyahu’s bloc outperformed exit polls, while ABC News foregrounds Likud as the largest party but short of a majority and says negotiations could take weeks.

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