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What Went Wrong For Netanyahu

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Bernard Avishai surveys Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bad election season, and what it could mean after the vote.

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Just about everything that could go wrong for Benjamin Netanyahu during this election season has gone wrong. The biggest pre-election issue, Haredi sponging and shirking of military service, was captured by Yair Lapid.

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