U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the support he expressed for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped him “a lot” in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, while the vote count is still underway.
“I think that when I announced my support, it helped him a lot,” Mr. Trump told reporters accompanying him on Air Force One, referring to Mr. Netanyahu.
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The right-wing and far-right coalition led by the Israeli prime minister and the bloc of his opponent, the centrist Gadi Eizenkot, appear to be in a dead heat, according to exit polls broadcast by Israeli television networks overnight.
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