Netanyahu frets over divided right as electoral race takes shape - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Mazal Mualem

Aug 1, 2019

A general view shows the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC178417C050 — A general view shows the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Jerusalem, May 29, 2019. — REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office December 15, 2019. Gali Tibbon/Pool via REUTERS - RC2MVD9F1YP9

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Israeli Economy Minister and head of the far-right Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett gestures as he gives a speech during a debate on economy on March 11, 2015 in the costal Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Six days before Israel votes in a snap general election, the centre-left Zionist Union opened a lead of several points over the ruling rightwing Likud party, a poll showed. Bennett, 42, is a champion of the settler movement and a key challenger of Netanyahu to head Israel's rightwing. AFP PHOTO / GIL COHEN-

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