Israel election: Israelis vote for 1st time since October 7 attack
· DWIsrael's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces a battle to stay in power amid fierce competition from a bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Arab parties are projected to play kingmakers.
- Israelis voting to elect Knesset
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, faces a staunch challenge to his grip on power
- His chief rival is former military chief Gadi Eisenkot
- Eisenkot's Yashar party has polled higher than Netanyahu's Likud party
- Arab parties are projected to play kingmaker in post-election coalition talks
- This is the first election since the 2023 October 7 Hamas-led terror attack and the subsequent two-year Gaza war
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