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Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's prime minister following a vote in parliament that brought in the most right-wing government in the country's history. IMAGES
Jerusalem, Mar 23 (EFE).- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is showing a wide lead over his rivals in the national elections held Tuesday and appears to have the option of forming a new government if the rightist Yamina party will join his guaranteed partners, according to exit polls."Citizens of Israel, thank-you! You gave a great victory to the right and Likud under my leadership," the premier said on the social networks, after immediately contacting Yamina leader Naftali Benet, according to media reports.(Camera: PABLO DUER )SHOT LIST: THE ELECTORAL EVENT OF THE LIKUD, PARTY OF THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, IN JERUSALEM.SOUND BITES: NIR BARKAT, NUMBER 7 ON THE LIKUD LIST AND FORMER MAYOR OF JERUSALEM.TRANSLATION:"I think the results are very clear, there is only one candidate for Prime Minister and that is Benjamin Netanyahu. Naftali Benet, with a number of single-digit seats and Guideón Saar, with 5 seats, in this country you cannot be Prime Minister underrepresented. So the public has said that there is only one real candidate for the post of Prime Minister. "
The Israeli government officially fell apart on Tuesday at midnight local time. The collapse came after Israel's parliament failed to meet a deadline for passage of the 2020 and 2021 budgets. CNN reports Israel will now head to its fourth elections in two years, probably on March 23 next year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz blamed one another for the collapse of their tenuous coalition government. Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's Likud party is again on track to win the most Knesset seats in the next election. With Blue and White hemorrhaging support, Netanyahu's biggest rivals seem to be coming from other right-wing parties, which have been gaining ground.
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu clinches a deal to form a new coalition government - sources. Gavino Garay reports.
Flag-waving protesters gather on Tel Aviv's Kaplan Street to demand early elections and a hostage deal, amid growing anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Benjamin Netanyahu as part of efforts to contain the war in Gaza, a day after strikes in Syria and Lebanon killed high-profile members of Hamas and its ally Hezbollah. IMAGES
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