'Racist and reprehensible': Jewish Power set to enter Israel's parliament

Early results suggest far-right alliance will take more seats than predicted

After another muddied election result, Benjamin Netanyahu is betting on a partnership with a group so extreme that even the prime minister's usually unflinching backers from the pro-Israel US lobby cannot stomach it.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) has called Jewish Power, a party of ultranationalist extremists, racist and reprehensible". But on Wednesday, although votes are still being counted and success is by no means guaranteed, those same people are being courted by Israel's longest-serving leader to join an assortment of other parties.