Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu 'will dominate policy'

8 May 2012 Last updated at 07:40 ET Help

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a deal with the opposition Kadima party, avoiding an early general election planned for September.

The new coalition will have a majority of 94 - one of the biggest in Israeli history.

The BBC's Jon Donnison in Jerusalem said that Mr Netanyahu was in a very strong position and would "dominate the way that Israeli politics is going".

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