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Israel: General election in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office says he has conceded defeat to former Prime Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won this week’s Israeli election, final results showed Thursday, clearing the way for him to return to power.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid congratulated Netanyahu and instructed his staff to prepare an organized transition of power. Lapid made the announcement shortly before the final vote count confirmed Netanyahu had secured a parliamentary majority.
The former prime minister is expected to head the country’s most right-wing government in history when he takes power, likely in the coming weeks. Netanyahu’s victory ends Israel’s political instability, for now.
But it leaves Israelis split over the values that define their state.
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