Israelis vote in unprecedented third general elections in less than a year

Israelis voted on Monday in an unprecedented third parliamentary elections in less than a year to break the deadlock on government formation, with the country’s longest serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fighting for his political survival amid indictments on graft charges.

Israel’s Central Elections Committee said 47 per cent of registered voters had cast their ballots by 4 pm (local time), a
2.7 per cent increase from the September elections and the highest figures for this hour since the 1999 elections when incumbent Netanyahu lost to Ehud Barak in a direct election.

Neither Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing