JERUSALEM - Veteran hawk Benjamin Netanyahu launched negotiations Friday with his ultra-Orthodox and far-right allies
on forming what could be the most right-wing government in Israel’s history, raising concerns at home
and abroad. Netanyahu’s Likud party won 32 seats
in Israel’s 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, according to the latest official results of the election released
on Thursday night. That combined with 18 for two
ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties and 14 for the rising
extreme-right alliance called Religious Zionism gave
the right-wing bloc supporting Netanyahu 64 seats.