Election campaign posters by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party are seen amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a building in Jerusalem, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Heading into Israel's fourth election in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping the success of his government's COVID-19 vaccination programme will also serve as a political lifeline.
The 71-year-old conservative, who is on trial for corruption and accused by critics of mismanaging the pandemic, has made the vaccine front and centre of his campaign speeches, social media posts and interviews.
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