Published: 6 March 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu declares victory among 'Zionists' because 'Arabs not part of the equation' (Haaretz)
Netanyahu also says that bid to pass law barring indicted person from forming coalition, which he claims Gantz is behind, 'undermines foundations of democracy'
Election is a victory for annexation, whether or not coalition can be formed (Times of Israel)
Even if Netanyahu can’t find 61 MKs for his bloc, a transitional government still has a majority of lawmakers willing to advance West Bank sovereignty plans
EDITORIAL: Netanyahu has now provided us with Israel’s Watergate (Haaretz)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the person who introduced negative campaigning to Israeli public life. From “Peres will divide Jerusalem” in 1996 to the effort over the past year to portray Kahol Lavan Chairman Benny Gantz as unstable, Netanyahu has repeatedly played the hatred card all the way to the ballot box.
But before this week’s election, Netanyahu apparently crossed the line between ugly and illegal. With his approval, the business intelligence firm CGI Group was hired to try to dig up incriminating information on Gantz. Having a rival put under surveillance may be a lowly act, but it’s not illegal. Still, based on the way the investigation was funded, it appears to have violated the law.
Trump helped Netanyahu with election, but now Bibi’s on his own (Al-Monitor)
President Donald Trump did all that he could to ensure that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won yesterday’s election, but now that the votes are in, Israel can't count on his support for any unilateral moves.
BERNARD AVISHAI: Benjamin Netanyahu’s cynical finish in the Israeli election (New Yorker)
Photo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud campaign conference, Jerusalem, February 26, 2020Emil Salman
