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Israel Election Results: How Netanyahu Lost, and Why He Might Still Win
Netanyahu's plans for winning Israel's election failed, despite a whole year of a brilliant campaign. But that doesn't mean he's lost the war
The final results in the election for the 24th Knesset are in and their bottom line is that Benjamin Netanyahu lost. He defined victory as a Knesset majority made up of five parties – Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, Religious Zionism and Yamina, even though Yamina’s Naftali Bennett refused to commit to joining in advance – and he failed to achieve even that low bar. The five parties of the notional “Netanyahu bloc” now total 59 seats, two short of a majority.
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