Israel election ends in political deadlock as Netanyahu, rival fall short of majority

Israel’s latest general election has produced a hung parliament, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot securing enough seats to independently form a government. Final results released by election officials showed that Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc won 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, while the bloc supporting Eisenkot […] Israel election ends in…