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Opinion

Netanyahu casts a long shadow over Israeli politics

New national unity government is testimony to fallen leader's formidable legacy

| Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu's exit creates a narrow window for diplomacy.   © Reuters

Lionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times. He is author of "The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times."

Benjamin Netanyahu has been the subject of countless political obituaries, but Israel's longest-serving prime minister has always had the last word.

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