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Polls suggest no clear route to government, Benjamin Netanyahu or Benny Gantz (right)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold on to Power after one of its tightest election race in years.

He called on Tuesday for early elections after failure to form a government in coalition strike in The Wake of the elections in April. to bind

polls forecast his right-wing Likud party, with his main Challenger, the centrist Blue and White Party , headed by former military chief Benny Gantz .

the small parties could therefore have a large say in The Final result.

the negotiations on the formation of a new coalition are expected to begin as soon as the preliminary results come in on Wednesday morning.

What is The Last time happened?

the Likud and the Blue and White came up with 35 seats each in the 120-seat Knesset.

Mr Netanyahu declared victory, and it seemed that he would be able to secure a majority with the support of smaller right-wing and religious parties. However, after a few chaotic weeks of the attempt of the coalition-building collapsed in recriminations.

On The Surface , a dispute over Israel was a secular against his religious character, says the BBC's Tom Bateman in Jerusalem.

But, ultimately, our correspondent adds, Netanyahu's problems stemmed from a narrowing range of options to create a governing Block, which, weakened as he was by the charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, he is in three corruption cases until a final hearing.

Mr Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing. He refuses to rule out seeking the parliamentary immunity he should remain in Power .

What is Netanyahu's pitch is to the voters This Time ?

Throughout The Campaign , Netanyahu, Israel is the longest-serving Prime Minister , has ever more shrill appeals to The Right wing, as he is seeking a record fifth term.

last week, when he won. The Announcement amounted to A Promise to effectively to Annex 30% of the occupied West Bank , the Palestinians want to be part of a future state.

in the Midst of international criticism of the Palestinian leadership called The Move A War crime, the buried, would, any prospects for peace.

Mr Netanyahu is also A Promise from The Last election, sought to Annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank . The settlements apply illegal under International Law , although Israel disputes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes, with his wife, Sara

"We are at the peak of a historic turning point in the history of the Jewish People and The State of Israel," Netanyahu wrote in the Hebrew-language daily Maariv on Monday.

"I ask you now for your confidence, the historical task, and the strengthening of The State of Israel's borders and security forever. "

hours after the vote came in response, Facebook exposed to Netanyahu chat-Bot - live-messaging-Tool - for ", against" local [election] law" by the publication of surveys.

What has been promised Benny Gantz ?

Mr Netanyahu is facing an emergent centrist alliance filled with retired generals, who say they will be the end of Israel's growing business areas. Blue and White was founded in February by Mr. Gantz, and Yair Lapid , a former Finance Minister and leader of the Yesh Atid party.

Writing in the Maariv, Mr. Gantz said, a victory for Blue and White "change the direction of The Ship , The State of Israeli Democracy ".

Blue and White is no longer overlooks Benny Gantz vote in the election

"and cracks in an attempt to divide and conquer, but to act quickly to form a unity government," he wrote. "Don't look for the interests of lobby groups, but a government that searches for the majority of the Israeli citizens. "

It is not clear where Mr Gantz is on Netanyahu's plan to Annex Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley . He has not said whether or not he takes the idea of a Palestinian state, although he rejected the withdrawal from all of the West Bank .

Why was the smaller parties, the key can be?

proposed in The Last polls, no clear route to government, either for Mr Netanyahu or Mr Gantz.

a total of 30 parties, with a wide range of measures-challenging the choice, but only a third of them expected to pass the 3. 25% threshold for entering Parliament.

Avigdor Lieberman , an ally-turned-rival of Prime Minister and leader of The Right wing of the secular Yisrael Beiteinu party, could end up holding The Balance of Power .

Avigdor Lieberman with his wife at a polling station in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank

He prevented Netanyahu forming a coalition after The Last election, because he refused, in a long-standing dispute with the religious parties over a bill governing exemptions from military service for ultra-Orthodox Young Men .

Mr Lieberman said the only way he is to help, again, Mr Netanyahu's office when the Likud's true, a secular unit of government and shares Power with the Blue and White - Something that the Prime Minister is excluded.

What happens when the result is known?

President Reuven Rivlin calls on the leader of The Party to form the most likely to put together a coalition of More Than 60 members of Parliament, a government.

the leader has 28 Days to do this, with a possible extension of not More Than 14 days. To form if this attempt of a government fails, Mr Rivlin may require to try the leader of another party.

After the April election, Netanyahu attempts to form a new government failed, and he ran times in may. He pressed for new elections and the Israeli deputies voted, by a significant margin in favour of a new survey.

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Source of news: bbc.com