The Latest Breaking News from Benjamin Netanyahu

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for winning the Israeli election and said he expected to "open a new page in cooperation" with the new government.

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to form the country’s most right-wing government in history when he takes power.

Mr Netanyahu and his ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies win 64 seats in the120-seat parliament and will form a government in the coming weeks, ending an unprecedented stalemate in Israel after five elections in less than four years.

Experts say Israel supporters in Washington will have more trouble defending its policies as gov’t moves further right.

Opinions on the Israeli elections among American Jewry have been largely positive. 

‘I wish Netanyahu success, for the sake of the people of Israel and the State of Israel.’ says Yair Lapid

Triumphant in this week's election, Benjamin Netanyahu faces a new test forming a government with an ultranationalist party whose sudden rise has many at home and allies abroad alarmed at the potential implications for Israeli democracy.

Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a comeback following his Likud party’s strong showing in Tuesday’s elections. But the party of leftist caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid has also made electoral gains, enabling the journalist-turned-politician to establish himself as a powerful opposition leader, according to a Middle East…

Longest serving prime minister, who is still facing corruption charges, is expected to lead far-right coalition

Netanyahu was able to return to power by utilising the far right, a side of Israeli politics that had been shunned.

Former PM Benjamin Netanyahu set to form a government and seal a dramatic return to power, as Lapid concedes defeat.