The voting on Tuesday seems to be all about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — keep him or dump him. Written by David M. Halbfinger Photographs by Dan BaliltyApril 6, 2019JERUSALEM — History seemed to be closing in on Benjamin Netanyahu. Even as he neared the mark set by Israel’s founding leader, David Ben-Gurion, as the longest-serving prime minister, an array of new enemies was rising up around him. He faced an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Benny Gantz, a 6-foot-4 former army chief and career soldier who could credibly offset Mr. Netanyahu’s marquee credential as Israel’s “Mr. Yet, if the election on Tuesday was to be a referendum on Mr. Netanyahu’s record, he was happy to run on it.

Source: New York Times April 06, 2019 14:14 UTC