(CBN News) – Israeli voters are just a week away from an election that will decide the political fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Depending on which poll you believe, Netanayhu’s party is running a little ahead of, or a little behind the new “Blue and White” party. It’s a coalition led by political newcomer Benny Gantz, former chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In fact, the Blue and White Party is a collection of
notable military and secular leaders. Many of them served with Netanyahu but now are his bitter rivals. They see the pending indictment of the Prime Minister as an opportunity to replace him. Israel’s attorney general announced his intention to indict Netanyahu just weeks before the election. Since then, Likud has risen in the polls. Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein is Likud’s second in command. He often fields media questions about the pending indictment at press events. READ MORE
