Israelis are choosing a new parliament Tuesday, in an election that has been heightened by a tight race between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party and a center-left alliance led by Isaac Herzog.
Israelis Vote in Tight Parliamentary Election
![Ultra-Orthodox Jews line up to vote in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BD8DB892-4496-4FE1-9F42-DEA8D6F264DE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews line up to vote in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 17, 2015.
![An Israeli soldier casts his ballot at a mobile voting booth at an army base on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank City of Nablus, March 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/419760B8-3BF3-4977-842E-EEB5AF918FE5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Israeli soldier casts his ballot at a mobile voting booth at an army base on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank City of Nablus, March 17, 2015.
![Newly displaced people carry humanitarian packages a processing center in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq, as smoke rises from a burning oil refinery.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94D78E24-FB6A-4D19-A404-7BF4BD420723_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Newly displaced people carry humanitarian packages a processing center in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq, as smoke rises from a burning oil refinery.
![Wheelchair-using Israelis wait to vote at a polling station in Holon, near Tel Aviv, March 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7899E284-6FF3-4EEA-9335-819B7D67405D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Wheelchair-using Israelis wait to vote at a polling station in Holon, near Tel Aviv, March 17, 2015.