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8 Apr 2019

Israel’s Netanyahu in final bid to win re-election

Just a day away from an election in Israel that is widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu he is pulling out all the stops.

Despite polls suggesting his right-wing bloc is ahead he has been out on the streets and appearing on TV shows to drum up support.

And in an election promise which will play well with right wing nationalist voters he’s talked of opening the way to expand and annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank.