00:02Now to Israel, where votes are still being counted, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
00:07party is already making accusations of election fraud. So far, there's no clear winner, and
00:12neither side has enough seats to form a government on its own. With about 91 percent of the vote
00:17counted, Netanyahu's political allies are projected to win 53 seats in parliament.
00:21The opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is on track for 48. And Arab-led parties are
00:27headed for a record 19 seats. It takes 61 to control Israel's 120-seat parliament,
00:33so coalition talks are getting underway. But Netanyahu's Likud party is now accusing
00:39the Arab-led parties of stealing the election through widespread fraud, without providing
00:43evidence. In a post on social media, it's calling on police and Israel's internal security agency
00:49to investigate. And the country's far-right national security minister, Itzmar Ben-Gavir,
00:54wants Arab party leaders arrested over unsubstantiated claims of foreign funding.
00:59But Israeli police say there's no evidence to back up the fraud allegations,
01:03and the country's Central Elections Committee says it will review Likud's complaint
01:07as part of its normal post-election process.
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