以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡周三早些时候宣称已获得组建右翼政府的授权，尽管主要出口民调显示其阵营在议会中未能获得多数席位，并抨击依靠阿拉伯政党组建政府的努力。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a mandate for a right-wing government early Wednesday, despite major exit polls leaving his bloc short of a parliamentary majority, and attacked efforts to form a government relying on Arab parties.
内塔尼亚胡在耶路撒冷向利库德集团支持者发表讲话时表示，他正在等待最终计票结果，但强调其政党预计仍将是克内塞特（以色列议会）中最大党。“我们仍在等待实际结果，”他说。
Addressing Likud supporters in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said he was awaiting the final vote count but stressed that his party was projected to remain the largest in the Knesset. “We are still waiting for the actual results,” he said.
内塔尼亚胡宣称，右翼阵营在“犹太复国主义公众”中拥有“决定性多数”，并敦促犹太和犹太复国主义政党团结在强有力的右翼政府旗帜下。
Netanyahu claimed the right-wing bloc held a “decisive majority” among the “Zionist public” and urged Jewish and Zionist parties to unite behind a strong right-wing government.
他指责政客和媒体试图将由阿拉伯名单支持的政府常态化，声称这种安排将危及以色列。
He accused politicians and media outlets of trying to normalize a government supported by Arab lists, claiming such an arrangement would endanger Israel.
他将阿拉伯政党描述为“反犹太复国主义”，并指责它们反对以色列的存在。
He described the Arab parties as “anti-Zionist” and accused them of opposing Israel’s existence.
内塔尼亚胡还为其军事记录辩护，宣称以色列的行动改变了中东并削弱了伊朗。
Netanyahu also defended his military record, claiming that Israeli operations had changed the Middle East and weakened Iran.
他说，以色列已消除生存威胁，但警告只要伊朗现任领导层仍掌权，对抗就不会结束，并指责伊朗寻求摧毁以色列。
He said Israel had removed an existential threat but warned that the confrontation would not be over while Iran’s current leadership remained in power, accusing it of seeking Israel’s destruction.
第12频道修正后的出口民调预测，内塔尼亚胡阵营将获得52个席位，由加迪·艾森科特领导的反对派阵营获得49个席位，阿拉伯政党获得19个席位。
A revised Channel 12 exit poll projected 52 seats for Netanyahu’s bloc, 49 for the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot and 19 for Arab parties.
以色列公共广播公司和第13频道的最新预测显示，两大主要阵营各获51个席位，阿拉伯政党获18个席位。没有任何一个阵营达到120席克内塞特所需的61席多数。
Updated projections from Israel’s public broadcaster and Channel 13 put the two main blocs level at 51 seats each, with 18 for Arab parties. Neither bloc reached the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
根据中央选举委员会数据，投票率达到77.7%，为1999年以来最高。
Turnout reached 77.7%, the highest since 1999, according to the Central Elections Committee.
投票于周二当地时间晚上10点（格林威治标准时间2000）结束后开始计票。出口民调属于预测，非官方结果。官方结果预计将于11月4日公布。
Vote counting began after polls closed at 10 pm local time (2000GMT) Tuesday. Exit polls are projections, not official results. Official results are expected on Nov. 4.