Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in a strong position to form Israel’s next government after a tight election, with most major right-wing parties voicing support for him to lead Israel for a fifth term on Wednesday. The election results would confirm the country’s rightward trajectory under Mr. Netanyahu. He ran a campaign that played up his connections to U.S. President Donald Trump and redrew the political landscape around the idea of a Palestinian state with a pledge to extend Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 10, 2019 09:29 UTC