Netanyahu rivals seize on Democrats’ sweep of US Congress, seeking his ouster

JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu’s political rivals seized on Democrats’ capture of the US Congress as proof that he had squandered generations of bipartisan American support for Israel, as they seek a chance to form a government without him. Democrats won majorities in both the Senate and House in Tuesday’s midterm election, in a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump fueled in part by deep frustration over the unpopular US-Israeli war on Iran. The US vote took place a week after an Israeli ele