Trailing in the polls for several weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud effected a dramatic turnaround to soundly defeat his principal challenger, Zionist Union’s Isaac Herzog.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech vowed not to give up the West Bank and said the Zionist Union’s co-chairs would cede eastern Jerusalem to the Palestinians.
The Obama administration will wait out Israeli elections before commenting on conflicting reports of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s retreat from advancing toward a two-state solution.