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| Netanyahu receives key PM support | Netanyahu receives key PM support |
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| The leader of the far-right Israeli Yisrael Beiteinu party has said he backs Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government. | The leader of the far-right Israeli Yisrael Beiteinu party has said he backs Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government. |
| Yisrael Beiteinu's Avigdor Lieberman made substantial gains in general elections on 10 February. | Yisrael Beiteinu's Avigdor Lieberman made substantial gains in general elections on 10 February. |
| The announcement makes it likely that Mr Netanyahu will be asked by President Shimon Peres to form a government. | The announcement makes it likely that Mr Netanyahu will be asked by President Shimon Peres to form a government. |
| He can in theory now count on the support of 65 of the Israeli parliament's 120 members. | He can in theory now count on the support of 65 of the Israeli parliament's 120 members. |
| ELECTION RESULTS Kadima: 28 seatsLikud: 27 seatsYisrael Beiteinu: 15Labour: 13Shas: 11United Torah Judaism: 5 Horse-trading begins Highs and lows of election dramaIn pictures: Outcome of vote | |
| Mr Peres began meeting the parties on Wednesday as part of consultations on who to invite to attempt to form the next Israeli government. | |
| Tzipi Livni of the centrist Kadima party won 28 parliamentary seats to 27 seats for Mr Netanyahu's Likud party. | |
| But nationalist and religious parties, natural allies of Likud, also did well in the election. | |
| Mr Netanyahu will have six weeks to sow up a coalition, once the invitation to do so comes from the president. |