The votes for the Likud were first and foremost an expression of support for PM Benjamin Netanyahu and a protest at the legal system and media enlisting to topple him.

The operations disseminated content sympathetic to each side of a diplomatic row that has divided the Middle East since 2017.

“The region depends on air connectivity, and support from governments will really help the airlines to get through this difficult period," says International Air Transport Association’s Vice President for Africa and the Middle East Muhammad Ali Albakri.

The question everyone in the anti-Netanyahu camp must ask themselves Tuesday morning is: What would be the point of a fourth election?

PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s story would seem implausible in a movie: An election victory, then the defection of a partner on the Right, then a failure to build a coalition, then another election, a loss, and then election No. 3.