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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyau. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may not be able to assemble a 61-MK majority for a new government, but he does have the votes to elect him as Israel’s next president.
At least, that is, according to a senior Likud source quoted The Jerusalem Post.
“I know for a fact that most of the MKs would vote for him, if he decides he wants to be president,” the source said. “It’s all in Netanyahu’s hands.”
The source added that there would also be sufficient support to change the vote for president in the Knesset from a secret ballot to an open one, which would likely favor Netanyahu.