be unprecedented key factors today, will ara arab-israelis turn out to vote joining me now is nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely in tel aviv. election day in israel is always so confusing and tumultuous, issues of voter access, voter suppression with the minority arabs, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, not to mention the future of the country, andrea. and i don't mean that just in a security sense >> right >> reporter: but the whole battle between the ultraortho box and secular israelis it's all being played out in this election, two hours of voting left. it's looking close indeed with the turnout about the same as last time. if you remember the last time in april, only 15,000 votes separated benny gantz, the main opposition leader, from prime