Analyst: Bibi may need to focus on diplomacy, not arming Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud won 31 seats on a joint list with the hardline nationalist Yisrael Beitenu, but the Yesh Atid party led by former journalist Yair Lapid claimed second place. Coalition negotiations are expected to be delicate, and Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to reach across the aisle to Lapid, whose party favours negotiations with the Palestinians, and could force Netanyahu to take a new line on peace talks. Political analyst Dan Avnon says working with Lapid means Netanyahu will have to "put more efforts into diplomacy, and less into arming." Images and soundbites