Israeli Voters Have Spoken

Incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims a historic victory. What will it mean for the U.S. presidential election in 2020?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a phone call to President Donald J. Trump in Jerusalem, Israel on March 21, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

Bibi Victorious

“It will be a right-wing government. But I intend to be the prime minister of all of Israel, right and left, Jews and non-Jews alike.” — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

In a historic victory that will make him the longest-serving Prime Minister in Israel’s history, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been reelected and will keep his seat at the helm of the Israeli state for another term.

Probably.

Though he still faces corruption charges, fears that these unproven allegations, which Netanyahu denies, might unduly effect the Israeli electorate seem to have been unfounded.

Bibi has certainly not had an easy time of it this election season. His critics in rival political parties, legal troubles and a hostile press have dogged him throughout his campaign as he strove to remind voters of his accomplishments.

Luckily for Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters, his accomplishments are hardly insignificant. As voters have notoriously short memories, the fact that some of…