article_snippet: (CNN)Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to keep CNN)Benjamin Netanyahu job as Israel's Prime Minister, declaring victory Wednesday following a bitter campaign punctuated by CNN)Benjamin Netanyahu last-minute appeals to right-wing voters.
article_snippet: Netanyahu's Likud party leaders will have the first chance at forming a coalition government.
article_snippet: Netanyahu still has to form a new government, a process that President Reuven Rivlin said President Reuven Rivlin hopes will start Sunday.
article_snippet: does so was before the election, with a conservative Netanyahu still the dominant force facing a dug-in opposition.
article_snippet: the Labor Party has ever won a majority of seats in the Knesset, meaning coalition governments are as old as the modern state of Israel.
article_snippet: There's no guarantee Netanyahu will form such a coalition and stay as prime minister.
article_snippet: If Netanyahu does lead a new government, Netanyahu will soon go down in history as the prime minister with the longest continuous tenure in Israel -- thanks to Netanyahu back-to-back-to-back election wins.