of staff at the homeland security department during the trump administration. welcome to the programme. the votes are being counted in israel, in the fifth election the country has staged in under four years. the voters have before them two coalitions the hard right bloc led by benjamin netanyahu, and a coalition of right, leftist and arab parties led by the current prime minister yair lapid. netanyahu, remember, is still facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, and yet, in spite of it all, the first exit polls that emerged in the last hour suggest he could be on the brink of a record sixth term. this is how the coverage began. showing netanyahu s likud party on 31 seats, against yair lapid predicted 2a seats. we bring in our middle east correspondent. let s bring in our middle east correspondent tom bateman. as says that the exit polls are a good start. how trustworthy of the exit polls in israel? exit polls in israel? they tend to be broadly exit polls in
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