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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Tel Aviv

The staying power of ‘King Bibi’, Israel’s scandal-ridden political behemoth

Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters
Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters on Wednesday at his party headquarters in Jerusalem. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

Don’t call it a comeback. Benjamin Netanyahu was booted from office last summer by a broad coalition united by their distaste for the conservative Likud leader. But after Tuesday’s election – an unprecedented fifth poll in less than four years – the short-lived “government of change” is probably going to prove no more than a brief intermission in the political behemoth’s long career.

With 80% of votes counted on Wednesday, but official results not due until next week, Bibi, as he is commonly known, appears the most likely candidate to form a new government.

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