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The price of Bibi’s comeback

Next month it will join the International Criminal Court, where it will seek Israel’s indictment for alleged war crimes, both over the conduct of last summer’s war in Gaza and over Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Mr Netanyahu will need American help to fend off such pressure, but Israeli diplomats fear that Mr Obama may be less willing to fight on Israel’s behalf, or will seek to extract a price.

So despite his public commitment to forming a right-wing government, and his activists’ chants of “We don’t want unity!” (with Zionist Union), Mr Netanyahu may well try to entice Mr Herzog into his government to create a diplomatic shield.

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