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Israel has voted: what to take away from the exit polls
Turnout: 77.7%, the highest since 1999. On all four channels, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud comes first (24 to 30 seats), ahead of Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar (19 to 23). But it comes down to blocs: on channels 11, 12 and 13, the change bloc has 52, Netanyahu’s camp 50, Arab parties 18; on Channel 14, Netanyahu’s camp has 60, one seat short. No one reaches 61. These are only exit polls: more than 650,000 double envelopes will be counted by Friday. The game goes on, in coalition talks.
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