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Once again, Netanyahu could win with a draw

Facing a corruption indictment and seemingly boxed in, Netanyahu is still standing.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on March 24, 2021, after the end of voting in the fourth national election in two years. — EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images

Looking for a lifeline

Three days after Israel’s fourth election in four years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still standing, if barely.

Netanyahu’s Likud Party-led coalition has 52 seats; his opponents have 57. Two other parties have 11.

The goal is 61, for a ruling majority in Israel’s Knesset, and it won’t come easily for easier side.

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