[Lurking Libertarian]

It isn't how many seat Likud or Labor have, it's how many seats the parties they can partner with have. And right wing parties have more than left wing parties. Netenyahu will remain prime minister. He may have to partner with parties he'd rather not have to partner with, but he'll get his majority in the Knesset.

Exactly right. He will have to partner with the religious parties, whom he doesn't like, and with the hard-right parties, who will limit his freedom of action, but he will get to 61.

[DoodleDawg]

Exactly right. He will have to partner with the religious parties, whom he doesn't like, and with the hard-right parties, who will limit his freedom of action, but he will get to 61.

And as a result I don't think the government will last as long as his last one did; which was about 2 years.