Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims

What happened: Israel's Central Elections Committee certified last week's parliamentary election results after finding no evidence of fraud, rejecting claims pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies. Key numbers: Review covered 9,069 polling stations. Netanyahu-led bloc won 53 seats, Eisenkot's 48, Arab-led Ra'am and Joint List 19. Majority needed is 61. Why it matters: The certification undercuts Netanyahu's effort to discredit the vote, and the seat split leaves no bloc able to reach 61, raising the prospect of a unity government or another election early next year.

Israel's Central Elections Committee certified last week's parliamentary election results after finding no evidence of fraud, rejecting claims pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies.

The certification undercuts Netanyahu's effort to discredit the vote, and the seat split leaves no bloc able to reach 61, raising the prospect of a unity government or another election early next year.