What the Israeli election results mean for Palestinians

The one thing that is certain following Tuesday’s election in Israel is that Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition has lost its majority. It looked for a while as if the leader of the Jewish opposition bloc, Gadi Eisenkot, had a narrow lead. But now all the votes have been counted, the Netanyahu bloc has more seats but both blocs are short of the 61 seats needed to form a majority. Meanwhile Arab Israeli parties have 19 seats. Nir Hagigi is an MA candidate in political science at York University and Communications Coordinator with Independent Jewish Voices Canada. We speak with him about the results and what they mean for Palestinians.