Israel: Netanyahu, Far Right Allies Win Elections

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Israel’s longest serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will now have a chance to form a government with his ultranationalist allies.

A coalition led by the right-wing won a majority of seats in the 120-seat parliament.

Final election results announced showed the far right won 64 seats in the 120-seat parliament, with 32 of those seats going to Netanyahu’s party, Likud.

His opponents in the current coalition, led by Yair Lapid, won 51 seats, with the remainder held by a small unaffiliated Arab party.

Lapid has congratulated Netanyahu and instructed his staff to prepare an organised transition of power