We need to form 'broadest possible govt': Netanyahu
- Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 14.45
- Online news: World
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday it was necessary to form the "broadest possible government" after his Likud-Beitenu list won a narrow election victory, with the centrist Yesh Atid in second place.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prays, as his son Avner (C) looks on, at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on January 22, 2013. Netanyahu said on Tuesday it was necessary to form the "broadest possible government" after his Likud-Beitenu list won a narrow election victory, with the centrist Yesh Atid in second place.
"We need to form the broadest possible government," he said in a victory speech to around a 100 cheering supporters from his right-wing Likud, with exit pols showing its joint list with the hardline nationalist Yisrael Beitenu winning 31 seats in the 120-member parliament.
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