In the fifth election in 3 1/2 years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has partnered with fringe elements of Israel's far right to try to unseat centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
Left: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the media outside a polling station in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Right: Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press after casting his vote in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
If Netanyahu's bloc doesn't win, a stalemate is another possible outcome of the vote. If no candidate can form a 61-lawmaker majority in the 120-member parliament, Lapid would remain a caretaker leader and elections would be held yet again. Polls show no easy path to victory for Lapid or other anti-Netanyahu candidates.
"The right side don't like gay people, don't like Arabs," said Liron Gur, a gay Israeli voter."I believe if they will be the power, my life will be very bad."
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