Israel voted for Israel: Why Gaza wasn’t on the ballot
Summary
Israel’s October 27 parliamentary election left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition short of a majority, with neither it nor the main opposition alliance winning the 61 seats needed to govern. The article says the campaign focused on domestic issues, while Gaza and the occupied West Bank were not major points of disagreement between the main blocs and did not become central election issues.Key Facts
- Netanyahu’s camp won 53 seats, five more than the main opposition bloc, but neither secured a parliamentary majority.
- About 2.38 million voters supported Netanyahu’s coalition, while about 2.21 million voted for the opposition alliance, according to the article.
- Arab parties won a record 19 seats but were excluded from a central role in coalition negotiations, the article says.
- The campaign focused mainly on the power of Israel’s courts, military-service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men, and whether the government’s response to warnings before the October 7, 2023 attacks should be investigated.
- Analysts cited in the article said Gaza and the West Bank were not decisive election issues because the main political blocs broadly agreed on those questions.
- The article reports that Israeli attacks in Gaza had killed more than 74,500 people and left much of the territory in ruins.
- A United Nations commission of inquiry said Israel had committed crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank, including extermination, torture and rape, according to the article.
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