Israel Election News Updates -- March 18, 2015

Reuters: Hard-right shift delivers upset election win for Netanyahu

(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to form a new governing coalition quickly after an upset election victory that was built on a shift to the right and is likely to worsen a troubled relationship with the White House.

In the final days of campaigning, Netanyahu abandoned a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state - the basis of more than two decades of Middle East peacemaking - and promised to go on building settlements on occupied land. Such policies defy the core vision of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict embraced by President Barack Obama and his Republican and Democratic predecessors.

Israel Election News Updates -- March 18, 2015

Israel Election -- Arutz Sheva
Israel election -- Haaretz
Israel News Coverage -- i24 news
Election coverage -- Times of Israel
Israel Election -- YNet news
Race to the Knesset: Follow the latest Election Day updates -- Jerusalem Post
Israel Elections: Live Coverage of the Vote and Results -- NYT
Israeli elections: 4th term or end of Netanyahu era? LIVE UPDATES -- RT

Netanyahu surges to victory in Israeli vote -- AP
Clear election victory for Netanyahu in Israel -- FT
With Ballots Counted, Netanyahu Scores Dramatic, Decisive Victory in Israeli Elections -- Algemeiner
Netanyahu takes victory with 29 seats after 99 percent of votes counted -- i24 News
Binyamin Netanyahu scores dramatic victory after late surge in support -- The Guardian
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Secures Decisive Election Victory -- WSJ
Netanyahu’s Party Bounces Back to Win Israeli Elections -- Vanity Fair
Netanyahu Vows to Work Quickly to Form New Government -- NYT
Netanyahu to Form New Government After Election Win -- VOA
Israel election: Netanyahu claims victory as main rival concedes -- CNN
Netanyahu poised for third straight term as Israel PM after chief rival concedes -- FOX News
Netanyahu plans to quickly form government; Herzog concedes defeat -- YNet News
Zionist Union Goes to Opposition After Losing Israeli Election -- Sputnik
Netanyahu's shock re-election leaves Israel's pollsters red-faced -- Reuters