Michael Shemesh, correspondent at Channel 11, said that tension has risen among the Likud party members for not gaining enough seats to form the government. The members held MK Shlomo Karhi, the deputy chairman of the party's election committee, responsible for the loss of 300,000 votes.
The Knesset results show Netanyahu's camp winning the majority of votes (59 seats) if in partnership with Naftali Bennett's Yamina party. However, Netanyahu needs 61 seats in order to form a coalition for the government.
These results reflect the crisis in the occupation's entity and their return to square one as neither party can form a stable government. In addition, anti-Netanyahu camp suffers from disagreement on ideological and political issues, but the leaders of these parties have been holding meetings to see whether they could cooperate and form a coalition for changing and replacing Netanyahu's rule.
Yedioth Ahronoth pointed to the initiation of primary action by Sa'ar and Lieberman to resign the speaker of the Knesset, Yariv Levin, from the Likud to open room for the formation of the organized committee and start the legislative process.
Israel Hayom newspaper declared the initiation of talks between the Likud, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Arab Joint List, headed by Mansour Abbas, to form the coalition through the Haredi parties. The preliminary agreement to is to keep Likud member Yariv as the Speaker of the Knesset, which is an important achievement for Netanyahu who tries to topple his competitors' endeavors to pass laws that prevent him from forming the coming government.