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ISRAELI ELECTIONS: Prime Minister Netanyahu set to secure fifth term
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to secure a fifth term after almost complete results from Israel’s election suggest a new right-wing alliance, BBC reports.
Sources reveal that the election result means he could become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister later this year, overtaking Israel’s founding father David Ben-Gurion.
“It will be a right-wing government, but I will be prime minister for all,” Mr Netanyahu told cheering supporters.
“I’m very touched that the people of Israel gave me their vote of confidence for the fifth time, and an even bigger vote of confidence than previous elections.
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‘’I intend to be the prime minister of all citizens of Israel. Right, left, Jews, non-Jews. All of Israel’s citizens.”
It was gathered that with left-wing and Arab-Israeli parties suffering heavy losses, Netanyahu’s win appears decisive, despite the grimmest trial yet to his ten years in office.
However, there have been reports that Mr Netanyahu will attempt to persuade his potential coalition partners to pass legislation that would grant prime ministers immunity from prosecution while in office.
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