🔺Highest turnout in an Israeli election since 1981; tight race between Netanyahu and Eisenkot to form a government

▪Israel’s parliamentary elections began on Tuesday, 5 Aban, as Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s prime minister, competes to remain in power with a coalition of opposition parties led by Gadi Eisenkot, the former chief of the Israeli army staff, and opinion polls point to a close contest between the two camps.