A new governing coalition in Israel is formally approved following the November 2026 election.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 65% by 6 Feb 2027. Full reasoning from every model.

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65% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2027-02-06.

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Gemini (Google): 58% — Success hinges on a 61-seat MK majority forming before President Herzog's mandate windows and extensions expire in late January. Basic Law gives the initial designee 28 days plus a 14-day extension, followed by 28 days for a second, fitting before Feb 6. Three of Israel's last six elections triggered deadlock or instant repeat votes rather than a sworn-in government on first try. A formal tie-breaking defection by Gantz or ultra-Orthodox factions to an alternative bloc would push odds above 85%.

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Claude (Anthropic): 68% — Hinges on whether negotiations wrap and Knesset swears in a coalition within the ~90-day constitutional window by early Feb 2027. Israeli law gives roughly 6 weeks post-election for coalition talks plus extensions, pushing deadlines close to Feb 2027 but usually resolved by then historically. Base rate favors resolution: nearly every Israeli election since 1948 has produced a sworn-in government, even after prolonged multi-round deadlocks like 2019-2021. Main risk is a repeat of the 2019-2021 cycle of multiple elections without a government, which would push formal coalition approval past the Feb 6 deadline.

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GPT (OpenAI): 63% — It turns on whether a viable bloc can secure 61 MKs before coalition talks harden into another deadlock. Israel’s Basic Law gives a nominee 28 days plus a possible 14-day extension, so a February 6 swearing-in is procedurally feasible. Since 2019, repeated inconclusive results produced several failed mandates and elections, but governments were formed in 2020, 2021 and 2022. A clear endorsement by a pivotal mid-sized party, especially Shas, UTJ or Yisrael Beiteinu, would materially raise the odds.

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Grok (xAI): 72% — Whether a 61-seat bloc can be sworn in before the 42-day formation clock plus Knesset fallback expires. Herzog tasks a candidate days after Nov results; that person gets 28 days plus a 14-day extension, then another candidate or 21-day Knesset nomination. Post-1977 governments form inside 90 days ~85% of the time, but 2019-21 hung Knessets sit well below that rate. A last-minute unity pact or collapse of the Gantz-Lapid bloc would most change the odds.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 62% — Whether 61 MKs can sign a coalition deal and swear it in within roughly 90 days of an inconclusive vote. Knesset has 120 seats; a majority of 61 is needed, and no bloc has reached that in the last four elections without weeks of bargaining. Coalition talks after Israeli elections have historically taken 30-90 days, and the 2027-02-06 deadline gives roughly 90 days from today. The president's mandate to a candidate to form a government typically takes 28 days, extendable, before the Knesset even votes.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 67% — Inconclusive results raise failure risk, but Israel's base rate of coalition formation within ~90 days remains high. Israeli law allows up to 28+14+28+21 days of sequential attempts, fitting within the Feb 6 window, and most elections since 1996 produced a government on the first or… The 'inconclusive' framing echoes April and September 2019, the two modern cases where no coalition formed and repeat elections followed—those are the key precedents… A single defection or a small party holding out (as happened with Lieberman in 2019) is the most likely trigger for failure; conversely, any major party signaling…

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