India, Oct. 27 -- Polling has begun in Israel's parliamentary election Tuesday. It is seen as one of the key elections in the history of the country, and one that decides the political fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Opinion poll results published last week suggests incumbent Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving prime minister, is in a tight race with former military chief and the new centrist Yashar party's prime minister candidate Gadi Eisenkot to stay in power. US President Donald Trump, the strongest ally of Netanyahu, endorsed him ahead of the vote, while the wider American public holds not so favorable views of Israel and its aggressive leader, polls suggest.
The ruling coalition, led by Netanyahu's right-wing Likud, ...