BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu WINS as interim PM Yair Lapid concedes…

by The Right Scoop

It’s official and the votes are in.

Benjamin Netanyahu will return to power as Israel’s Prime Minister after interim PM Yair Lapid just conceded his election loss.

Here’s more via the AP:

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won this week’s Israeli election, final results showed Thursday, clearing the way for him to return to power.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid congratulated Netanyahu and instructed his staff to prepare an organized transition of power, his office said.

“The state of Israel comes before any political consideration,” Lapid said. “I wish Netanyahu success, for the sake of the people of Israel and the state of Israel.”

Lapid, who has served as interim prime minister for the past four months, made the announcement just before the final results were released showing Netanyahu securing a parliamentary majority with his religious and ultranationalist allies.

Netanyahu expected to form the country’s most right-wing government in history when he takes power, likely in the coming weeks.

Israel held its fifth election in four years on Tuesday, a protracted political crisis that saw voters divided over Netanyahu’s fitness to serve while on trial for corruption.

So how much did Netanyahu win by?

According to the final results, which still need to be certified in the coming days, Netanyahu and his ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies captured 64 seats in Israel’s 120-seat parliament, or Knesset. His opponents in the current coalition, led by Lapid, won 51 seats, with the remainder held by a small unaffiliated Arab party.

After a tumultuous election season that’s lasted far too long, this is great news for Israel and I am very glad Netanyahu will be Prime Minister soon.

Congrats Bibi!


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