Recent Israeli election results left neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot’s centrist opposition bloc with the 61 Knesset seats needed for a majority coalition. Netanyahu’s grouping holds 53 seats while Eisenkot’s Jewish parties total 48, with Arab-led lists holding the remaining 19. Eisenkot received recommendations from 67 MKs yet faces resistance from key partners including Avigdor Lieberman over relying on outside Arab support to install a minority government. Campaign pledges against such arrangements, combined with post-2023 security sensitivities, have narrowed viable paths to either a broader majority coalition or renewed elections. Traders view these structural and political constraints as favoring formation of a government commanding an outright parliamentary majority.