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Race Tightens as Israelis Prepare for Parliamentary Elections

Israeli voters are to go to the polls Tuesday, March 17 to elect a new parliament. Prime Minister Benjamin’s Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party is in a tight race with a center-left alliance that according to analysts makes it difficult to predict what the next government will look like. VOA’s Scott Bobb reports from Jerusalem.

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