In a potential sign of trouble for the prime minister and his right-wing coalition, long lines were reported at polling booths in areas with large Arab populations.
London | Israeli voters turned out in record numbers to pass judgement on divisive Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what has been billed as the Jewish state’s most consequential election in its history.
The election is Israel’s first following three years of trauma and tumult after the atrocities of the Hamas-led October 7 terror attack, and remains on a knife edge between Netanyahu and his chief rival Gadi Eisenkot.
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Prime ministerial hopeful calls attempts to marginalise and smear Palestinian citizens of Israel 'an anti-state act'.
Statement a rare instance of a prominent Jewish political leader taking a strong stand in defence of Arab Israelis
Netanyahu lost the parliamentary majority that kept him in power over the past four years and his rival Gadi Eisenkot faces a difficult task in unseating him.
Gadi Eisenkot, the politician tasked with forming a new Israeli government, has wasted no time in putting his rival and Israel’s interim Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under pressure.
