Netanyahu Edges Ahead In Israel

“Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s conservative prime minister for the past decade, and his chief rival, Benny Gantz, a centrist former military chief, were locked in a tight race in Tuesday’s parliamentary election, according to partial returns and surveys of voters leaving the polls,” the New York Times reports.

“With about 65 percent of the ballots counted, Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud party appeared to have edged ahead of Mr. Gantz’s Blue and White, and a count of the broader blocs supporting each party gave Likud a clear advantage in being able to form a governing coalition.”