It’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel now

The election results in Israel prove, once again, that Israelis cannot imagine life without Benjamin Netanyahu at the head of government — even if he could be toppled in the months ahead on corruption charges.

Mr. Netanyahu is widely credited with having built a strong economy and keeping Israel secure. He has also delivered long-sought diplomatic victories, several of them with the help of President Trump.

What’s next: President Reuven Rivlin is expected to choose, within days, the party leader he believes has the best chance of assembling a parliamentary majority. Preliminary results suggest that would be Mr. Netanyahu, whose Likud party has stronger potential partners than the Blue and White alliance of his chief rival, Benny Gantz. Here are the latest updates.

Mr. Netanyahu is almost certain to try to persuade his coalition partners to pass a law granting him immunity from prosecution.