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Watch: Why Israel's election is one of the most important in its history

ByLucy WilliamsonReporting fromTel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramle and Sderot
  • Published8 minutes ago

After three years of regional war, this is a battle Israel always knew was coming.

The general election on Tuesday hangs over a country that's deeply divided and ready for a fight.

Polls published on Friday put the governing coalition and the main opposition bloc almost neck-and-neck, with half a million first-time voters due to cast their ballot and some 70,000 Israelis reportedly flying in from abroad specifically to vote.