Israelis vote in Knesset election
There are 6.3 million eligible voters in Israel
By Abderauf Arnaut
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli voters on Tuesday began to cast ballot to elect members of Knesset (Israel's parliament).
Voting is taking place at 10,720 polling stations across the country, plus another 96 at Israeli embassies and consulates abroad.
There are 6.3 million eligible voters in Israel, according to the country's electoral commission.
More than 40 political parties are vying to win seats in the 120-member Knesset, although only 12 parties are expected to pass the electoral threshold.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party and Blue and White political alliance led by retired general Benny Gantz are the main rivals in the polls.
During his electoral campaign, Netanyahu vowed that “no single settler will be uprooted from the West Bank, which will remain under Israeli control, while Jerusalem will not be divided”.
Final opinion polls suggested that both Likuk and Blue and White were neck-and-neck, with both parties expected to win 30 Knesset seats.
If Netanyahu wins another term, he will be the longest-serving leader in Israel's history.
Netanyahu is running in the polls while facing charges of corruption and bribery in three cases.
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