Israel, voters head to the polls for the second time in a year

EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Source: EPA

Early polls gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and Benny Gantz's Blue and White party almost equal amount of Knesset seats in the Israeli general elections.


The centrist Blue and White alliance of former military chief Benny Gantz is projected to win between 32 and 34 seats, and PM Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party 30 to 33 seats.

We talked about he elections in Israel with journalist Michele Giorgio, correspondent from Jerusalem.

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