“We are close to a great victory,” former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Wednesday after the legislative elections that placed his party, the Likud, and its religious and far-right allies on the way to rally a majority.
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“Bibi king of Israel, Yair Lapid at home”, sing the militants of Likud, the right-wing party of Benyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu, without the madness of the great evenings. The former Prime Minister, from 1996 to 1999 then from 2009 to 2021, is on the way to winning his bet to return to power after the legislative elections which took place on November 1 in Israel, (the third in three and a half years) with a very high turnout, 71.3%. According to exit polls, the former right-wing Prime Minister’s coalition would win 61 to 62 seats out of 120. The counts are still in progress and the final results will be known in several days.
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The essential is done according to Nili Kupfer-Naouri, delegate of the party. “I’m really relieved because the Islamo-leftist government was the worst government you could have to maintain a strong State of Israel.she says. They thought giving in to our enemies would get us peace. Exactly the opposite is happening.”. Aaron, 18, Netanyahu sticker on his white sweatshirt, will also be happy if the current government leaves power. “These are Jews who go against the Jewish state. They brought Arabs into their government, which was something historic. It must remain a Jewish state”he hammers.
But if Netanyahu manages to establish a coalition, he will be very dependent on the Zionist-religious far right. Powerful as ever with polls crediting it with 14 seats against 6 currently, it already claims sovereign ministries. Too dependent, for Michael Lev, businessmen and activist for 26 years. “I still have doubtshe acknowledges. We realize that it is still much easier at the management level not to be either on the right or on the left of this coalition but to be in the center.
Activists eagerly await the establishment of a new Netanyahu majority. And let him end his trial. The former prime minister is on trial for corruption in a series of cases. Last year, he lost power to a motley coalition now led by centrist Yair Lapid.