Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted last week's certified election results as legally binding. His decision undermines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that the parliamentary vote involved widespread fraud. Herzog also announced plans to consult political parties about forming Israel's next government.

The decision follows an election in which Netanyahu's religious-nationalist bloc lost its parliamentary majority. Meanwhile, Arab-led parties recorded historic gains in the October 27 vote. Netanyahu and his supporters have repeatedly alleged that these parties manipulated the results, possibly with foreign assistance. However, they have provided no evidence supporting those accusations.

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