PM scrambles to keep his job
By Agencies in Jerusalem and Ramallah, Palestinian Territories | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-24 07:23
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters as he stands with his party members at the Likud-Yisrael Beitenu headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Nir Elias / Reuters |
A badly weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled on Wednesday to keep his job by extending his hand to a new centrist party that advocates a more earnest push on peacemaking with the Palestinians after Israel's parliamentary election produced a stunning deadlock.
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