NETANYAHU IS SETTING TO BUILDING A NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT, HE IS LEADING IN POLLING.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared heading toward victory Wednesday, with 80% of the ballots from national elections counted and showing that voters gave him and his far-right allies what looks like stable majority in the country’s parliament and exceeding the numbers of his competitors. 

Votes were still being counted and results were not final But if preliminary indications were correct, Israel is potentially heading to its most right-wing government, bolstered by a strong showing from the ultranationalist Religious Zionism party.

The initial results pointed to a continued rightward shift in the Israeli electorate, further reducing hopes for peace with the Palestinians and setting the stage for possible conflict with the Biden administration and Israel’s supporters in the United States.

The early results also showed that Netanyahu had overcome his convictors, who claimed he was not fit to rule while on trial for corruption and have refused to sit with him in government. Netanyahu’s partners have promised to help him evade a conviction.

“We are nearing a very big victory,” Netanyahu, 73, told supporters at a gathering in Jerusalem early Wednesday. “I will establish a nationalist government that will see to all Israeli citizens without any exceptions.”

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