Netanyahu rivals seize on Democrats' sweep of US Congress, seeking his ouster

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Benjamin Netanyahu's political rivals are using Democrats' capture of both chambers of the US Congress to argue that he has weakened bipartisan support for Israel. They are seeking to use the shift in Washington to build a government without him, amid public frustration over the US-Israeli war on Iran.

By Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu's political rivals seized on Democrats' capture of the US Congress as proof that he had squandered generations of bipartisan American support for Israel, as they seek a chance to form a government without him. Democrats won majorities in both the Senate and House in Tuesday's midterm election, in a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump fuelled in part by deep frustration over the unpopular US-Israeli war on Iran.