# Exit polls: Arab Israeli parties win a record 18 seats combined

https://mins.news/en/video/118486

- TRT World, 2026-10-28 01:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6MvF3UGCI0

> Barbara Slavin, a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, says inconclusive Israeli election results and lengthy coalition talks could prompt Netanyahu to resume the war against Iran alongside the United States and seek a national unity government, as US military presence grows and Trump threatens Tehran.

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