Netanyahu: pleased we were successful in preventing elections
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech in a Likud faction meeting and said he spoke to all senior coalition members "and told them this is a challenging time and that they shouldn't push to disband the government". He added that he's "happy efforts bore fruit".
"We still have a year until elections, and Israelis are expecting achievements in the realms of security, economy, foreign affairs. But the coalition will have to be disciplined," the prime minister concluded.
