Preliminary election results show Israel’s right-wing and center-left blocs winning an even split of seats in parliament — a surprise result that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu working to form a new ruling coalition.
With more than 99 percent of the vote counted Wednesday, each side had 60 seats in the 120-member Knesset.
Netanyahu’s hard-line Likud party alliance with the Yisrael Beitenu party led with 31 seats – 11 fewer than its 42 spots in the previous …
