Difficult negotiations lie ahead in Israel after Netanyahu's bloc lost its parliamentary majority

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority of parliamentary seats and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead.The results released early Friday showed Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats in Tuesday's elections. The main opposition bloc won 48. Arab-led parties secured the other 19, a historic showing. Now parties must meet, bargain and seek a way to team up for at least 61 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, remains in charge.“Now comes the truly hard part,” centrist politician Yair Lapid said on X, asking Israelis for patience.The president will task someone with forming a governmentDifficult decisions lie ahead. Will the main opposition parties that campaigned hard to unseat the divisive Netanyahu make the politically sensitive choice to partner with Arab-led ones? Or will they toss t