Netanyahu wins landslide victory in Israeli ruling party's leadership vote

Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement after winning a leadership primary at the Airport City near Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 27, 2019. The Israeli ruling party Likud announced on Friday that incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a landslide victory in the primary, ensuring his leadership of the right-wing party in the national elections in March. The official results released by the Likud in the morning showed that Netanyahu won 72.5 percent of the party members' votes while his rival Gideon Saar gained 27.5 percent of the votes. (JINI via Xinhua)