After 10 years in power, Israel's Netanyahu keeps rivals at arm's length


  • World
  • Tuesday, 12 Apr 2016

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on at his office in Jerusalem April 4, 2016. REUETRS/Sebastian Scheiner/Pool

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Benjamin Netanyahu first became Israel's leader two decades ago, few would have predicted a future in which he would be poised to pass founding father David Ben-Gurion as its longest-serving prime minister.

In a country where no single political party has ever won an outright majority in parliament, voters have often had to trudge back to the polling stations after coalition governments have imploded before the end of their four-year terms.

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