In israel the ballots are being counted after todays election the 2nd election this year from minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his main rival big guns they have one thing in common tonight they both want a result that delivers a clear winner will it be netanyahu guns or dead walk again tonight in israel its another election is it more of the saying im bored golf in berlin this is the day. F. B. I. Election places all the celebration of the motorists its about this one person and whether we want him to continue as israels Prime Minister would always be to stand yes it think so but i think its the women i intend to serve you and our country as Prime Minister for many more years i mean we dont believe the spend
certainly has a good chance but its a very you know its a 5050 election that we want to hug me for today for change we will bring hope we will bring change its going to be close and we close election you have to for the kids to read in the system. Also coming up in a global awakeni
$61.00 seats but he s falling short of that the right wing bloc with the coalition partners that really no for now would gain only according to those exit polls we have to be very careful these only exit polls between $54.00 to $57.00 seats but also blue and white would also fall short of the $61.00 seats right so what you know you know it s really a game of numbers that we re dealing with right now it s about a little bit more than that for the voters i want you to take a listen to what a couple of voters said today about casting ballots yet again this year. i m frustrated that we have you know within 6 months we have to go again and i think our biggest problem is our lack of unity and this election actually is the 1st time that i debated basically until i stood there and i generally no one going to vote for and today i had no idea until i walked in there and decided i don t know if i made the right decision the most important thing for me is the social issues i
think that we have a lot of work to do and i think that the current government didn t exactly do what it should or could so i think after 11 years with an attorney or we can try and change it and focus on some improvements we have to make with society. voted there mentioned domestic issues social issues was this an election about issues or was it all about the men who want to win. they also had a lot from people here that they would have put it to. listen to and talk more about issues like social issues as you mention education also the economy now there has been a lot of talk about security but at the end there was a sense here in israel that this is actually an election about one man binyamin netanyahu because he you know he failed to follow in the coalition in the april
complete with politicians so desperate to get elected that as one commentator said today nothing they say or do can be taken at face value. here is what prime minister netanyahu and his rival benny gantz said today when they cast their ballots to vote to smooth the election is close and i can confirm to you this morning it s very close i call on all citizens of israel to come and vote just like me and my wife came to vote i won t tell you for whom good luck and thank you for the parties to very well see you and. you ve got to go food. to change attitudes for you know. we ve got complete coverage of israel s repeat election tonight tanya kramer she is on the ground for us in jerusalem and here at the big table with me is my colleague my ass waiter who has also reported from israel and most recently from washington d.c. to both of you it s good to have you here tanya let me start with you talk us