內塔尼亞胡的利庫德集團贏得議會選舉
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he intends to try to form a government in the next two to three weeks, which would give him a fourth term as prime minister, after his conservative Likud party won Israel's parliamentary election.
With nearly all of the ballots counted, Likud captured 30 seats to beat out the 24 seats for its main challenger, the Zionist Union.
A statement from Mr. Netanyahu's office said he has already reached out to smaller parties in order to form the 61-seat coalition he needs to govern. One key will be the centrist Kulanu party, which won 10 seats in Tuesday's vote.
"The citizens of Israel expect us to quickly put together a leadership that will work for them regarding security, economy and society as we committed to do, and we will do so," Netanyahu said.
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog conceded defeat in the election and said he congratulated Mr. Netanyahu in a phone call. Herzog also told reporters his party will continue working for the Israeli people as a member of the opposition.以色列總理內塔尼亞胡星期三說，他準備在兩至三週內着手組建政府。內塔尼亞胡的利庫德集團在以色列議會選舉中獲勝後，他將得到第四個總理任期。
目前幾乎所有選票都已清點完畢，利庫德集團贏得30個議席，其主要競爭對手猶太復國主義聯盟獲得24個議席。
內塔尼亞胡的辦公室發表聲明說，他已經開始與較小黨派進行接觸，以獲得組建執政聯盟所需的61個議席。一個關鍵因素將是持中間立場的全民黨。該黨在星期二的選舉中贏得10個議席。
內塔尼亞胡說：“以色列人民期待我們迅速建立一個領導層，致力於安全、經濟和社會等方面的工作，我們曾承諾這樣做，我們也會這樣做。”
猶太復國主義聯盟領袖赫爾佐克承認敗選，並給內塔尼亞胡打電話表示祝賀。他對支持者們說，猶太復國主義聯盟作爲反對派的一員，將繼續爲以色列人民工作。
