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After a brief stint in opposition, Benyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and their far-right allies have bucked the pollsters’ predictions of an electoral stalemate and look set to take power with a majority in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament). It will be the most right-wing government since the founding of the…

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israel's opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, just days after Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party came out on top in a parliamentary election, a spokesperson from Likud said.

Veteran leader and his far-right allies win decisive 64 seats in 120-seat Knesset

Netanyahu is all set to occupy the Prime Minister's office again.

Outgoing coalition suffers poor election result as some parties of the left lose voice in Knesset altogether

Opinions on the Israeli elections among American Jewry have been largely positive. 

Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a comeback following his Likud party’s strong showing in Tuesday’s elections. But the party of leftist caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid has also made electoral gains, enabling the journalist-turned-politician to establish himself as a powerful opposition leader, according to a Middle East…

There will always be support for the continued oppression of Palestinians, says Yara Hawari, a senior policy fellow at Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network

It looks very much as if Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, will soon be back in office. The results of the 2022 elections (the fifth in four years) give his bloc a clear lead in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.