Israelis Go To The Polls -- News Updates March 17, 2015

VOX: Israel is voting today. Here are the very basics

* Israelis vote today in a national election, the first since 2013, to form their next government. The country has a parliamentary system, which means Israelis vote for parties rather than individuals.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud is in a very tight race with the center-left Zionist Union, led by Isaac Herzog.
* Polls have broken Herzog's way recently, but Israel's complicated political system makes it almost impossible to know which party will end up leading the government. So it's not clear whether Netanyahu will remain prime minister or not.
* Preliminary results will probably start coming in very late Tuesday night eastern US time at the earliest, but exit polls will be available around 4 pm.

Israelis Go To The Polls -- News Updates March 17, 2015

Israel Election -- Arutz Sheva
Israel election -- Haaretz
Israel News Coverage -- i24 news
Election coverage -- Times of Israel
Israel Election -- YNet news
Israel election live blog -- Haaretz
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Israel election: Netanyahu seeks new term in tight race -- BBC
Israelis vote as 'King Bibi's' reign hangs in the balance -- Reuters
Benjamin Netanyahu Front and Center for Today's Israeli Elections -- ABC News
Israelis go to polls after bitter election campaign -- The Guardian
Israel votes in poll seen as referendum on Netanyahu -- Al Jazeera
Israel Election: High Turnout as Millions Head to Polls -- NBC
Israelis voting with Netanyahu's job on the line -- CBS/AP
Israel votes in tightly-contested election -- Deutsche Welle
As Israel votes, Netanyahu takes swipe at Arabs -- AP
Endangered Netanyahu warns supporters that Arabs are voting “in droves” -- Salon
Israel’s election is too close to call, but here are some possible scenarios -- The Guardian
How Israel's Next Government Will Be Decided -- Creede Newton, VICE News
Israel elections: Netanyahu's last-gasp vow to his base – a dead peace process -- Dan Murphy, CSM
Israel Election: What You Need to Know, From Candidates to Coalitions -- NBC
Jpost exclusive: Netanyahu and Herzog explain why they deserve your vote -- Jerusalem Post
Factbox: Main candidates in Israel's election -- Reuters