Most polling shows prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will lose its majority, with Gadi Eisenkot the leading opposition contender
Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad have flown in for the elections, according to Aid Coalition, a US-based nonprofit focused on strengthening Israel’s democracy. Israeli law generally requires citizens to vote in person in the country, with narrow exceptions for diplomats and certain official emissaries abroad.
It’s unclear what effect these voters might have, but many liberal Israelis who don’t support prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have left the country in recent years, suggesting that those returning to cast ballots may not support him.
The Israel that I grew up in is disappearing … If something won’t change this time, I don’t know what’s going to be.”
This government is digging the hole deeper every day … The first thing the new government needs to do is put the shovel down.”
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