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November 2, 2022

Benjamin Netanyahu Poised to Return to Israeli Leadership With Far-Right Alliance
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Benjamin Netanyahu appears on the cusp of becoming Israel's prime
minister again, 16 months after being ousted from office. Exit polls in
the Israeli election suggest Netanyahu's Likud Party and its far-right
allies gained enough votes to form a parliamentary majority. If
Netanyahu succeeds, a key member of his government will likely be Itamar
Ben-Gvir, an ultra-nationalist lawmaker who openly supports the ethnic
cleansing of Palestinians. In 2007 he was convicted of incitement to
racism and supporting a terrorist organization. Netanyahu served as
prime minister from 1996 to 1999 and then again from 2009 to 2021. He is
currently on trial for corruption.


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