Exit polls suggest a Netanyahu victory in Israeli election
, signs were strong that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies had secured enough parliamentary seats to engineer his return as the country’s leader. Exit polls late Tuesday had suggested the same thing.
If reinstalled as prime minister, Netanyahu would be better positioned to battle the charges against him. He has repeatedly denounced prosecutors and judges as engaging in a “witch hunt,” galvanizing fears among opponents that he poses an ongoing threat to the rule of law and to Israel’s democracy.Israel’s fifth election since 2019 presents familiar faces to voters, including former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who seeks a comeback.
The fragile opposition coalition behind Netanyahu’s dramatic 2021 ouster dissolved earlier this year, and the latest election — like previous ones — was viewed as a referendum on him. His conservative backers support increased control over daily life by religious authorities and a hard-line stance toward the Palestinians.
Ben Gvir is known for inflammatory gestures such as brandishing a handgun in a Jerusalem neighborhood that has seen years of angry Palestinian protests and urging police to use lethal force against stone-throwing demonstrators. If his party is part of the winning coalition, he is expected to try to become head of the ministry that oversees the police.
“I think this shows that the public in Israel is looking for a leadership that will restore security to the streets, and a leadership that preserves and respects Israel’s Jewish tradition,” Furman said. Netanyahu presided over collapsed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in 2014 and the 11-day battle between Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that rules over Gaza, in May 2021 that killed at least 230 Palestinians and at least 12 Israelis.
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