BREAKING AND UPDATE: Netanyahu in post-election speech makes no victory claim

February 18, 2019  06H:23  GMT/ZULU

by Jenny Feder and Biodun Iginla, BBC News and Reuters, Jerusalem

JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no victory claim or concession of defeat in a speech to his Likud party on Wednesday after exit polls showed no clear winner in an election race that was too close to call.

Netanyahu said he would await official results and said he would work toward establishing “a strong Zionist government” that would reflect the views of “many of the nation’s people.”