ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-ELECTION-YAIR LAPID

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-ELECTION-YAIR LAPID

(221102) -- TEL AVIV, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, also a leader of the centrist Yesh Atid Party, speaks to supporters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 2, 2022. Exit polls from Israel's parliamentary elections suggested Tuesday that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has a good chance of making a comeback after the country's fifth elections since 2019. Prime Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party was projected to gain 22-24 seats and his wider alliance to secure 54 to 55 seats, according to the exit polls. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-ELECTION-YAIR LAPID

ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-ELECTION-YAIR LAPID

(221102) -- TEL AVIV, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, also a leader of the centrist Yesh Atid Party, speaks to supporters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 2, 2022. Exit polls from Israel's parliamentary elections suggested Tuesday that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has a good chance of making a comeback after the country's fifth elections since 2019. Prime Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party was projected to gain 22-24 seats and his wider alliance to secure 54 to 55 seats, according to the exit polls. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)

Israelis vote for fifth time since 2019 as political deadlock lingers

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Israeli parliament dissolves, Lapid becomes caretaker PM

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