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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Orly Halpern

Analysis: The fall and rise of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has retained support from many right-wing Israelis despite his legal troubles [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Jerusalem – Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents made their feelings clear on social media with Israel’s longest-serving prime minister set to make his return to the country’s top job after winning an absolute majority in this week’s general election.

“The country is a lost cause” they tweeted, repeatedly, so much that it ended up trending on Twitter in Israel.

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