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INSIDE POLITICS: Once they were eight, sitting around the Bennett-Lapid cabinet table, all sharing one mutual achievement. Now they are five and sharing a defeat.

The Jerusalem Post spoke to two experts on the Israeli-Arab population in an attempt to understand the citizens' thoughts and feelings about the incoming coalition and government.

With Meretz and Balad definitely below the threshold, Netanyahu is ensured victory and will look to form a coalition.

Updated exit polls later showed that Balad was close to crossing the threshold, which could wipe out Netanyahu's majority.

Here are the parties and candidates that were searched the most in Israel in the past week up until the election, according to Google Trends.

The context of Smotrich's remark was whether Netanyahu was willing to rely on support from Ra'am Party to form a government after the last election.

No, Smotrich’s comments are not likely to have an impact on which bloc forms the government. Where they could have a real impact is if neither bloc proves able to do that yet again.

In a leaked recording, Bezalel Smotrich said Benjamin Netanyahu lied about never wanting to include the Israeli-Arab party Ra'am in his coalition.

In a leaked recording, Smotrich said Netanyahu wanted to form a coalition with the Israeli-Arab party Ra'am despite saying otherwise.

With two weeks left until Israel heads to the polls once more, there are still several factors that could dramatically shift the outcome of the November 1 elections.