Israel election: Five key things to know

Israelis vote Tuesday in legislative elections, the first since the October 2023 Hamas-led attacks and the subsequent war in Gaza, with the outcome set to determine the government's direction amid multiple conflicts and domestic divisions. Opinion polls show neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition coalition is projected to win a 61-seat parliamentary majority, with key issues including security failures, ultra-Orthodox military exemptions, judicial reforms, and the country's international standing. Netanyahu faces corruption charges and an ICC arrest warrant. Palestinian citizens of Israel, numbering about 1.2 million, are eligible to vote, though Arab-led parties were briefly barred from the race before a court reversal. Roughly three million Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied territories have no vote in the election.