Benjamin Netanyahu Receives Bump Before Israeli Election
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Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Israeli’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting a bump back home ahead of the highly-anticipated election on March 17.
The latest election polls show Netanyahu got a boost after his address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
The Likud party has gained two seats, up to 23, which puts Netanyahu in a tie with rival Isaac Herzog, who heads up the Zionist Union opposition party.
Despite the gain, political expert and professor Eytan Gilboa says Netanyahu has a tough fight ahead.
“There are two more weeks until election day and two weeks in Israel is like two years elsewhere. A lot could happen,” he said. “The opposition is hoping this gain is going to be temporary.”
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