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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks to supporters at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem following the release of the first exit poll results in Israel’s general election, October 28, 2026. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Full text of the speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pledging to establish a strong, right-wing, national government after Israel’s October 27 elections.

Thank you. Thank you, Likud members, activists… members of the outstanding Likud list. And thank you, members of the government.

With courageous decisions, together with an Israeli public that stood firm, and thanks to our heroic soldiers, we worked wonders that changed the face of the Middle East. We eliminated Deif, Haniyeh, Sinwar, Nasrallah, Khamenei. We established security zones deep inside Gaza, in Lebanon, in Syria. We removed an immediate existential threat that hung over us, the danger of immediate destruction.…