Israel election: Netanyahu in tough fight in this year's second vote

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Israel election: Netanyahu in tough fight in this year's second vote

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold on to power, as voters go to the polls in one of its closest election races in years.

He called the snap election after failing to form a governing coalition in the wake of an election in April.

Polls forecast his right-wing Likud party to tie with its main challenger, the centrist Blue and White party led by former military chief Benny Gantz.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49714279

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DUTCH COURT TO HOLD WAR CRIMES HEARING AGAINST BENNY GANTZ ON ELECTION DAY
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com | 9/16/2019 | Yonah Jeremy Bob

The District Court of the Hague will hold a hearing on Tuesday about whether a war crimes case against Benny Gantz is admissible relating to his command decisions during the 2014 Gaza War.

Israeli soldiers and commanders may also be on the hot seat at The Hague before the International Criminal Court, but Tuesday’s hearing, which also happens to be Election Day, is a local Dutch court proceeding that is unrelated to that.

Fact - ICC - Probe - Israel - Conduct

In fact, the ICC preliminary probe of Israel’s conduct of the 2014 war is moving slowly and is not expected to come to any conclusion earlier than December, with real progress possibly even farther off.

Read more at: https://www.longroom.com/discussion/1630489/dutch-court-to-hold-war-crimes-hearing-against-benny-gantz-on-election-day

This is Netanyahu's opponent, I wasn't posting it originally but it seems to have quite a bit of coverage.