Parliamentary elections in Israel: “We are close to a great victory” says Netanyahu

“We are close to a great victory,” former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today, after yesterday’s election that appears to have put his Likud (right) party, along with its religious and far-right allies, on the road. to secure a majority in the Knesset, the Israeli national representation.

Assuring that he has plenty of “experience”, Mr. Netanyahu told his supporters gathered in Jerusalem that “we have to wait for the final results, but our course, that of Likud, turned out to be the right one” and “we are close to a big win”.

“We don’t know the results yet, but if tonight’s (exit) polls are as they predict, I will form a government for all the citizens of Israel,” added Mr. Netanyahu, who remained longer than anyone else in the office of prime minister from the establishment of a state.

Amid corruption trials following a series of scandals, which he carefully avoided touching on in his speech today, Mr Netanyahu lost power last year, ousted by a motley coalition now led by centrist Yair Lapid.

However, the six polls and forecasts by Israeli television networks credit Likud with first place and around thirty seats, ahead of Mr. Lapid’s Yesh Atid (“There is a future”), which is expected to take around twenty-four, after yesterday’s vote, the fifth in less than four years.

At the same time, the “Religious Zionism” faction is on its way to doubling its strength, electing 14 MPs, while small parties of ultra-orthodox Jews are also expected to perform well.

So Mr. Netanyahu is on his way to securing a majority of seats in the Knesset, including the religious party and far-right MPs.

Israel’s national election commission has so far released only a few results, which do not allow for safe conclusions to be drawn about the outcome.

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