Photos: General Elections in Israel on Jan. 22, 2013
January 21, 2013
An Ultra-orthodox Jewish man votes as his children stand near him, in Bnei Brak, Israel, during legislative elections Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. Polls indicate about a dozen of 32 parties competing in Tuesday's election have a chance of winning seats in the 120-member parliament. Most parties fall either into the right-wing-religious or center-left camp, and surveys indicate hard-line and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties will command a majority. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Yair Netanyahu, the son of†Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, casts his ballot†together with his parents at a polling station in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.†Israelis headed to polling stations Tuesday to cast votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu writes a note to place in the Western Wall, Judaism holiest site, on January 22, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's general election voting has begun today as polls show Netanyahu is expected to return to office with a narrow majority. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party leader Naftali Bennett speaks with the media alongside his wife after casting his vote in the Israeli General Election on January 22, 2013 in Ra'anana, Israel. The latest opinion polls suggest that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will return to office, albeit with a reduced majority. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
Israel's Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich votes in Tel Aviv, Israel, during legislative elections, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Supporters of Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich follow as she arrives to cast her vote in the Israeli General Election on January 22, 2013 in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The latest opinion polls suggest that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will return to office, albeit with a reduced majority. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish woman casts her ballot at a polling station on election day on January 22, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's general election voting has begun today as polls show Netanyahu is expected to return to office with a narrow majority. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Ultra-orthodox Jews peek from a window as their Rabbi votes in Bnei Brak, Israel, during legislative elections, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. Polls indicate about a dozen of 32 parties competing in Tuesday's election have a chance of winning seats in the 120-member parliament. Most parties fall either into the right-wing-religious or center-left camp, and surveys indicate hard-line and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties will command a majority. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man casts his vote at a polling station on January 22, 2013 in Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel. The latest opinion polls suggest that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will return to office, albeit with a reduced majority. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot at a polling station on election day on January 22, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's general election voting has begun today as polls show Netanyahu is expected to return to office with a narrow majority. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
A baby waits in a pram as her mother casts her ballot for parliamentary elections at a polling station in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh, near Nablus January 22, 2013. Israelis look set to elect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a third term with a smaller majority on Tuesday, pushing the Jewish State even further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man votes in Israel's parliamentary elections in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
A supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at his election campaign headquarters on Janurary 22, 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The latest opinion polls suggest that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will return to office, with Israel seeing the highest turnout of voters since 1999. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightist Likud-Beitenu party came out on top in Israel's election on Tuesday, exit polls said, with Israel seeing the highest turnout of voters since 1999. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightist Likud-Beitenu party came out on top in Israel's election on Tuesday, exit polls said, with Israel seeing the highest turnout of voters since 1999 (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children burn a Likud party election banner at the Yeshiva next to the polling station on January 22, 2013 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The latest opinion polls suggest that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will return to office, albeit with a reduced majority. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews arrive to vote in legislative elections, at a school in Bnie Brak, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A prisoner casts his vote during legislative elections in the Rimonim prison, central Israel,Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. Polls indicate about a dozen of 32 parties competing in Tuesday's election have a chance of winning seats in the 120-member parliament. Most parties fall either into the right-wing-religious or center-left camp, and surveys indicate hard-line and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties will command a majority. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks past another standing in a balcony decorated with pictures of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Jewish spiritual leader of Israel's Shas party, on election day for Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis began trickling into polling stations Tuesday morning to cast their votes in a parliamentary election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office despite years of stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians and mounting economic troubles. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Members of Neturei Karta, a fringe ultra-Orthodox movement within the anti-Zionist bloc, take part in a protest against Israel's parliamentary election in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood on January 22, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's general election voting has begun today as polls show Netanyahu is expected to return to office with a narrow majority. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Ultra Orthodox Jews belonging to the Satmar Hasidic group headed by Satmar Admor of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, wait for his arrival in the Ultra Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Ultra Orthodox Jews belonging to the Satmar Hasidic group headed by Satmar Admor of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, gather for an anti-election rally ahed of the upcoming election, the Ultra Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys hold flags during a rally organised to welcome Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood January 20, 2013. Local media said that Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, son of the late Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, leader of the Satmar Hasidim landed in Israel on Sunday for the wedding of his granddaughter which will take place later in the week. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy picks up a sticker from the street during a rally organised to welcome Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood January 20, 2013. Local media said that Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, son of the late Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, leader of the Satmar Hasidim landed in Israel on Sunday for the wedding of his granddaughter which will take place later in the week. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Ultra Orthodox Jews gather during an anti-election rally in the conservative Mea Shearim neighbourhood on January 20, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Israeli general election will be held on January 22. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Ultra Orthodox Jews gather during an anti-election rally in the conservative Mea Shearim neighbourhood on January 20, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Israeli general election will be held on January 22. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Ultra Orthodox Jewish man sets up a banner calling not to vote in the upcoming election, the Ultra Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Ultra Orthodox Jewish man sets up a banner calling not to vote in the upcoming election, the Ultra Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Ultra Orthodox Jews walk past a bus as an election poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hang on it, ahead of the upcoming Israeli elections on January 21, 2013 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Israeli elections are scheduled for January 22 and so far showing a majority for the Israeli right. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
A banner depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reflected on a bus window in Tel Aviv January 21, 2013. Netanyahu made an election-eve appeal on Monday to wavering supporters to "come home", showing concern over a forecast far-right surge that would keep him in power but weaken him politically. REUTERS/ Nir Elias
Campaign banners depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are seen after Likud-Yisrael Beitenu activists draped them on walls surrounding Jerusalem's Old City January 20, 2013. Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support. The banners read (L and C) "Only Netanyahu will protect Jerusalem" and "Warning! '67 borders ahead". REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
An Israeli soldier walks past campaign posters depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he crosses a junction in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv January 20, 2013. Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Israelis walk past an election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in Givataim, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to campaign volunteers in the southern city of Ashkelon ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election January 21, 2013. Formed this year by Lapid, a popular TV personality who recently turned to politics, the party is promoting secular, centrist politics and has attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over rising power, water, petrol and housing prices. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hatnua party leader Tzipi Livni (C) smiles on a campaign stop at a mall in Tel Aviv ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election January 21, 2013. The party was founded just two months ago by former foreign minister and ex-Kadima leader Livni as a centrist alternative to Israel's right-wing leadership. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Israeli Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich campaigns on January 21, 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli general election will be held on January 22. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Israeli Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich campaigns on January 21, 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli general election will be held on January 22. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich enters a car covered in a campaign banner after a ceremony for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish arbor day, in Ben-Shemen forest, near the Israeli town of Modiin between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem January 20, 2013. Opinion polls have shown Labour, which ruled Israel for decades but now holds only eight seats in parliament, bouncing back to second place behind Likud under new leader Yachimovich. REUTERS/ Nir Elias
Israelis wait for transportation under election campaign billboards of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Israel's Labor party candidate Shelly Yachimovich, in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. The general elections will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Hebrew on the billboard at right reads, " It can be better here,". and at left, "350,000 job positions." (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
An Israeli Navy soldier casts his vote at an army Navy base on January 20, 2013 in Ashdod, Israel. Israeli soldiers have voted ahead of the Israeli general elections that will be held on January 22. The IDF votes before the rest of the country to make sure that every soldier has a chance to cast a ballot. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
An Israeli soldier casts her vote at an army base on January 21, 2013 in Shekef, Israel. The Israeli general election will be held on January 22. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
An Israeli Navy soldier casts his vote at an army Navy base on January 20, 2013 in Ashdod, Israel. Israeli soldiers have voted ahead of the Israeli general elections that will be held on January 22. The IDF votes before the rest of the country to make sure that every soldier has a chance to cast a ballot. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Israeli soldiers wait outside as the prepare to casts their vote at an army base on January 21, 2013 in Shekef, Israel. The Israeli general election will be held on January 22. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Ultra Orthodox Jewish boys looks out from a window during a preparation of protest calling not to vote in the upcoming election, the Ultra Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 20, 2013. Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to give a statement outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem January 21, 2013. Netanyahu made an election eve appeal to wavering supporters to "come home", showing concern over a forecast far-right surge that would keep him in power but weaken him politically. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives to give a statement outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem January 21, 2013. Netanyahu made an election eve appeal to wavering supporters to "come home", showing concern over a forecast far-right surge that would keep him in power but weaken him politically. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A worker hangs a huge poster with an image of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overlooking the Ayalon freeway in Tel Aviv, Israel on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. After a lackluster three-month campaign, there seems to be little doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to re-election. But the makeup of Netanyahu's next government remains a matter of great uncertainty. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
An Israeli man walk past a vandalized election campaign billboard of Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, touches the stones of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's old city, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. General elections in Israel will be held Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Naftali Bennett (L), head of HaBayit HaYehudi Party, the Jewish Home party, talks to students at a pre-army training school as he campaigns in the Shapira Center on January 20, 2013 near Ashkelon, Israel. The religious Jewish Home party is challenging Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party as Israel heads for a general election on January 22. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Naftali Bennett, head of HaBayit HaYehudi Party, the Jewish Home party, campaigns at a pre-army training school at the Shapira Center on January 20, 2013 near Ashkelon, Israel. The religious Jewish Home party is challenging Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party as Israel heads for a general election on January 22. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Naftali Bennett, head of HaBayit HaYehudi Party, the Jewish Home party, talks to students at a pre-army training school as he campaigns at the Shapira Center on January 20, 2013 near Ashkelon, Israel. The religious Jewish Home party is challenging Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party as Israel heads for a general election on January 22. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Naftali Bennett, right, head of the Jewish Home party, visits an apartment building during his election campaign, that was hit by a rocket fired by militants from Gaza Strip, last year, in the Israeli central city of Rishon Lezion, Israel, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. The general elections will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A commercial poster for an Israeli school with the manipulated image Naftali Bennett, Head of HaBayit HaYehudi Party, or the Jewish Home party, hangs on a bus stop ahead of the upcoming Israeli elections on January 18, 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli elections are scheduled for January 22 and so far showing a majority for the Israeli right. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
A commercial poster for an Israeli school with the manipulated image Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs on a bus stop ahead of the upcoming Israeli elections on January 18, 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli elections are scheduled for January 22 and so far showing a majority for the Israeli right. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
A man stands next to campaign banners depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Likud-Yisrael Beitenu activists draped them on walls surrounding Jerusalem's Old City January 20, 2013. Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support. The banners read (L and C) "Only Netanyahu will protect Jerusalem" and "Warning! '67 borders ahead". REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
A woman jogs past a vandalized election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu that is reflected on a bus window in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. The general elections will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
An Israeli woman rides her bicycle past posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 21, 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli elections are scheduled for January 22 and so far showing a majority for the Israeli right. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)