Arab Security Reports
Netanyahu Soundly Defeats Chief Rival in Israeli Elections
TEL AVIV
After a bruising campaign focused on his failings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel won a clear victory in Tuesday’s elections and seemed all but certain to form a new government and serve a fourth term, though he offended many voters and alienated allies in the process.
Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni of the Zionist Union.
Mr. Netanyahu, who served as prime minister for three years in the 1990s and returned to office in 2009, exulted in what he called “a huge victory” and said he had spoken to the heads of all the parties “in the national camp” and urged them to help him form a government “without any further ado.”
An Arab Israeli woman casting her vote in the Arab town of Umm el-Fahm.
“I am convinced that only a unity government can prevent the rapid disintegration of Israel’s democracy and new elections in the near future,” he told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Voters waiting in line at a polling station for the Israeli elections.
The Joint List of Arab parties won 13 seats, making it the third-largest parliamentary faction. Its four component parties previously had 11.
Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators
The official, noting the administration's warnings when the letter first surfaced, said the GOP intervention was a new issue in the tense negotiations facing an end-of-month deadline for a framework agreement.
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