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For more than a quarter of a century, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has loomed over his nation’s politics. He spent much of that time as premier, including a spell that stretched over the past 12 years and made him the country’s longest-serving ruler. A wily operator and strident nationalist, he bent Israeli politics around his quest to remain in power. Netanyahu plunged Israel through four election cycles during the past two years as his allies and opponents failed to establish a stable ruling government.
