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[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

Today’s @KafeKnesset roundup, also featuring final election results (finally) & the 2 options Bibi has to avoid prosecution —> https://t.co/RC5MNf6nns

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Today’s #KafeKnesset briefing by ⁦@NeriZilber⁩:

Featuring —> Lieberman issues his demands | Future coalition ‘land mines’ | Gantz leaks began at start of campaign
https://t.co/smQs2VdiBE

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Breaking: Avigdor Liberman announces he will recommend Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister when he meets @PresidentRuvi tomorrow. This gives Netanyahu a 65-seat majority to form a government.

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Today’s #KafeKnesset briefing by ⁦@NeriZilber⁩:

Featuring —> Government formation begins | The mystery of Avigdor Lieberman | Outcome looks grim for Bennett + Shaked https://t.co/GMsa8ZFLB0

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Three days after the election and the day after the Central Election Committee announced the final results, Benny Gantz called Prime Minister Netanyahu to congratulate him on a decisive electoral victory. https://t.co/2i4DmUYJ3h

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

Short anecdote: 2 Israeli voters today - not previously Likud voters - told me separately they voted Bibi this time. Why? First words out both of their mouths was "Trump" followed by "Putin." Bibi's friends (and overall international environment) def helped him win.

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“We didn’t win in this round. We will make Likud’s life hell in the opposition,” Yair Lapid, number two in Gantz’s party, said in a televised statement on Wednesday evening. https://t.co/l5Kc2IKKbv

[Alex Goldstein @alexjgoldstein]

Will be interesting to see if Gantz in Israeli opposition can command a bigger megaphone & audience w/ international media than past opposition leaders -- or if even w/ 35 mandates he'll have trouble getting any oxygen in the international discourse. #IsraelElections2019

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

About last night - a tale of two election eve camps, Likud and Blue & White, in today's @KafeKnesset newsletter. #IsraelElections2019 https://t.co/XHklV1nL61

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Impeccable timing and brilliant campaigning give Netanyahu his biggest win yet
https://t.co/0IJsEEwu2e

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Trump added: “The fact that Bibi won, I think we'll see some pretty good action in terms of peace... I think now we have a better chance with Bibi having won.”

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"I'd like to congratulate Bibi Netanyahu, it looks like that race has been won by him," Trump told reporters at the White House. "It may be a little early, but it looks like he's won it in good fashion." https://t.co/iDRbRriChX

[Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh]

#DailyKickoff: Bibi 5.0 — what comes next? — @DanielBShapiro, @robsatloff, @mkoplow, @ShalomLipner, @YKleinHalevi, @thanerosenbaum, @odedrevivi and @Conf_of_Pres's Malcolm Hoenlein
https://t.co/ecIJWOHMn2

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Read today’s post-election #KafeKnesset edition — by ⁦@NeriZilber⁩:

Featuring —> Bibi, King of Israel | A tale of two camps — Inside the election night parties | Data points explaining how Bibi did it

Subscribe below for full access! https://t.co/TtWbxTbTQ7

[Gil Hoffman @Gil_Hoffman]

Arriving back to work at the @KnessetIL. Is it just me, or is tilting more to the Right now than it used to?

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Netanyahu declares: This will be a right-wing government, but I will be the prime minister of all citizens of Israel.

[Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר @AnshelPfeffer]

Netanyahu: "you brought an incredible and inconceivable victory against a biased media" (loud booing) "I'm very moved that Am Yisrael gave me its trust again, for the 5th time"

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Bibi blowing kisses to the crowd.

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Netanyahu: “Shehecheyahu V’kiyemanu...”

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“Bibi Melech Yisrael” and “he’s magician” chants as Netanyahu begins his victory speech.