article_snippet: Netanyahu wasn't in a fight for Netanyahu political life after all.
article_snippet: Netanyahu never anticipated a Zionist Union victory.
article_snippet: Instead, Netanyahu says, Netanyahu always saw Likud holding a lead.
article_snippet: Netanyahu used Netanyahu," said Tzemach.
article_snippet: Another factor that may have worked in Netanyahu's favor was Netanyahu the Likud party cannibalizing votes from other right-wing parties.
article_snippet: In the days before the election, Netanyahu moved to the political right, making a big push for right-wing voters to choose Netanyahu party over other ideologically similar parties, such as Naftali Bennett's Jewish Home party and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party.
article_snippet: During the weekend before the election, Netanyahu took part in a right-wing rally in Tel Aviv's central Rabin Square.
article_snippet: Netanyahu continued Netanyahu shift to the right in a series of interviews with local media leading up to the election.
article_snippet: Netanyahu has worked this sort of magic once before.
article_snippet: And in the right, you have Likud mostly, and in Likud, you have mostly Netanyahu.