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Israel heads to the polls for the fifth time in under four years and is scheduled to hold its 25th Knesset (Israel's parliament) elections on Nov.1. The process to submit candidate lists to the Central Election Committee started on Wednesday morning, as 55 parties have received their nomination forms so far. Registration for parties seeking to run in the upcoming elections will end on Thursday at 10 pm. Not all of the parties who requested the forms shall run in the upcoming elections.