By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surges to victory. The pollsters predicting a close race were wrong as Bibi sails to a win. His reelection could further complicate relations with Washington. FP’s David Kenner: “On the eve of the election, the prime minister promised that a Palestinian state would not be created on his watch, and bragged that he had approved settlement construction for the specific purpose of undermining the contiguity of a Palestinian state.”
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Source: Foreign Policy
