Indicted Netanyahu Claims Victory In Israel Vote
March 2, 2020
5:24 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel’s general election Monday, with exit polls putting the indicted premier in a strong position to form the next government.
The election, Israel’s third in less than a year, was called after inconclusive votes in April and September plunged the Jewish state into political stalemate.
The surveys conducted by three Israeli networks gave Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party between 36 and 37 seats in Israel’s 120-member parliament.
Likud’s main challenger, the centrist Blue and White party, was estimated to take 32 or 33.
Those projections mark a major improvement on Likud’s performance in Israel’s …
