Explainer - Israel's election: will Netanyahu survive?


  • World
  • Monday, 16 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds as he is presented with a gift from Israeli residents of the area, at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 15, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis vote on Tuesday for the second time in less than six months in an election that could see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a record fifth term - or end his decade-long dominance of Israeli politics.

He faces formidable challengers to his reign and, after the vote, possible criminal charges in three corruption cases.

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