Benjamin Netanyahu has narrowly won an election in which disgruntled Israelis catapulted a new centrist challenger into second place and he now faces the task of building a coalition.
Benjamin Netanyahu has narrowly won an election in which disgruntled Israelis catapulted a new centrist challenger into second place and he now faces the task of building a coalition.
Benjamin Netanyahu: Vows to make Iran a priority.
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alistair lyon jerusalem
Tuesday's vote crystallised demands for attention to bread-and-butter issues over the ambitions of religiously fired hardliners and largely sidelined foreign policy issues such as thwarting Iran's nuclear plans and Palestinian aspirations.
The right-wing Prime Minister claimed victory after his Likud Party and its ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu ally took 31 of parliament's 120 seats, according to a near-final tally. That made it the biggest single bloc, despite losing 11 of its previous seats.
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