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Now playing Next Israel Israel's Netanyahu back in power with hard-line government Benjamin Netanyahu now heads a government comprised of a hard-line religious ultranationalist party dominated by West Bank settlers, two ultra-Orthodox parties and his nationalist Likud party in Israel. 30/12/2022
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Now playing Next Israel Netanyahu set to form government in Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has informed Israel's president he is ready to form a government in what would be the country's most right wing coalition to date. 22/12/2022
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