Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief challenger Benny Gantz are making their final appeals to voters ahead of crucial parliamentary elections that will determine whether the longtime Israeli leader stays in power.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, escorted by bodyguards walks with his wife Sara Netanyahu during a visit to the market on the eve of Israel's general elections in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2019. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief challenger Benny Gantz made their final appeals to voters Monday on the eve of parliamentary elections that will determine whether the longtime Israeli leader stays in power.
"The hour is very late. Right now, we are behind by a few seats," he said during a surprise visit to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda outdoor market. "The only way to ensure to close the gap, to make sure the Likud will form the next government for sure, is that there will be big Likud." "People realize that realistically, the right wing isn't in danger. It's Netanyahu who is in danger," Gantz told Israel's Army Radio. "This isn't a danger in the security sense, only in the legal sense, because he has to provide explanations for what he did."
Polling stations open at 7 a.m. Tuesday , with exit polls expected to be announced at the end of voting at 10 p.m. . Election day in Israel is a national holiday, with turnout expected to be high in good weather. Netanyahu and Gantz have ruled out sitting together in government, so the next prime minister's identity will likely come down to how many supporters each candidate can recruit.
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