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The Winners and Losers of Israel’s Election
posted on January 23, 2013At The New Republic, Ben Birnbaum analyzes the Israeli election results, providing a list of five winners and losers. Despite underperforming expectations, Birnbaum argues that Prime Minister Netanyahu emerged as a “winner”: “Netanyahu is still set to keep his job, and is on his way to becoming Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.” However, his party Likud was among the election’s losers.