_The double envelopes are being counted._
By Bernard Moerdler,
These are the votes of soldiers, hospital patients, prisoners and diplomats: the blue ballot envelope sealed inside a second one with the voter's details. The Central Elections Committee expects 430,000 to 480,000 of them, worth 11 or 12 seats.
The count as of 00:59: Netanyahu's bloc 53, the Change bloc 48, the Arab parties 19. It takes 61 to govern.
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Topics: IDF, Israeli Politics, Diplomacy
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