Poor election showing shrinks left-wing representation from 13 to 4 seats in 25th Knesset; Michaeli accuses PM of 'irresponsibly' pushing Yesh Atid in front of bloc
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also congratulated Israel's current opposition leader, who is slated to return as prime minister with a right-wing coalition.
In the fifth election in 3 1/2 years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has partnered with fringe elements of Israel's far right to try to unseat centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
Initial exit polls in Israel’s election on Tuesday point to possible victory for former Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led bloc, an outcome which if confirmed would see the veteran former prime minister return to power just a year and a half after being ousted by a disparate coalition whose sole unifying issue was removing him.