parties. the party that came in third was this new coalition of israeli arabs, who had always been splintered, so they actually did produce a stronger vote, according to what indications we had. that was clearly what inspired netanyahu to do what had never before been done, from all of our reporting, came out, made a statement, the israeli judge set he couldn t go live, because it was election day, so he went on facebook saying they cannot shut us up this is a strong mandate, if he does form this government, that s huge implications also for the white house, because, as strong as he is, you can even understand in hebrew, he is absolutely determined not to permit a palestinian state. that has deadrock u.s. and israeli policy.
to include centrist and left parties. the difficulty he ll have now is he s relying increasingly on a further and further right coalition that will make it extremely difficult for him to move away from any policies of the extreme right, which complicates israel s circumstance in the international community. his support is very strong in the u.s. congress, particularly in the house of representatives. but outside the united states, europe and asia, it s been declining force some time and i fear this will contribute to that, at least for some period of time. and then turning to iran, a lot of americans were most acquainted with bibi netanyahu when he spoke to the joint session of congress, trying to scuttle president obama s attempt at a diplomatic breakthrough to control iran s potential nuclear capacity. your view whether the conservatives in this congress
the number by taking votes from the far right. he did it at the cost of ending the pretense that netanyahu can be a man to work with on peace. he unmasked himself. they adto say that arafat was unmasked, but he was unmasked by declaring there would be no palestinian state, and the pretext of supporting a peace process, was just that. it was not sincere. that means on the palestinian issue prime minister netanyahu, of course the focus is at the white house, and he s at loggerheads with the white house, but he s also at loggerheads with the rest of the world. i don t think that means it s an end to the u.s. relationship, but i think it makes for a bumpy road. i think he ll have a tough time. in the last government, he could put a figure leaf or smiling face with his coalition allies on his own rejectionism. he won t be able to do that this time around.
number, which is equal or above the number by taking votes from the far right. he did it at the cost of ending the pretense that netanyahu can be a man to work with on peace. he unmasked himself. they adto say that arafat was unmasked but he was un3456kd by declaring there would be no palestinian state, and the pretext of supporting a peace process, was just that. it was not sincere. that means on the palestinian issue prime minister netanyahu, of course the focus is at the white house, and he s at loggerheads with the white house, but he s also at loggerheads with the rest of the world. i don t think that means it s an end to the u.s. relationship but i think it makes for a bumpy road. i think he ll have a tough time. in the last government, he could put a figure leaf or smiling face with his coalition allies on his own rejectionism. he won t be able to do that this time around.
what does that mean for the u.s./israeli relationship? the short answer steve, is yes. as your correspondent andrea just outlined. the fact this is a tight lull between the twa major parties does not necessarily translate into an equal competition to form a government. the magic number for a majority is 61. the person with a much clearer path to 61 perhaps unstoppable, not guaranteed but it s looking that way, is prime minister netanyahu. his path will likely be a narrow rightist coalition he may try to expand that. what does that mean? i think the cost let me explain what he achieved. netanyahu has pulled this off by cannibalizing his own allies on the right and far right. he basically got this magic