Tight race and high stakes for Israel's Netanyahu in Tuesday's vote
by Noga Tarnopolsky And Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Sep 17, 2019
3 minutes
JERUSALEM - For the second time in five months, Israelis went to the polls Tuesday for a national election that pits the country's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, against a former military chief, Benny Gantz.
In unprecedented do-over balloting, Netanyahu, 69, is fighting not only for his political career but potentially for his freedom, with likely criminal charges hanging over his head that he may be able to forestall, but only if he wins.
Pre-race polls showed an extremely tight
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