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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Israeli Race Neck and Neck

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(Newser) – Today's parliamentary elections in Israel are still too close to call, with polls showing foreign minister Tzipi Livni locked in a statistical dead heat with hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu, reports Reuters. Centrist Livni closed in on the right-winger's lead following Israel's 22-day incursion into Gaza.

"The trend we've seen the last few days indicates a very close battle," said one pollster. "No one has jumped ahead and it's tough to call."

A Druze man stands next to election campaign billboards showing Israeli Foreign Minister and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, in the northern Israeli Arab Druze village of Daliyat Al-Carmel.
A Druze man stands next to election campaign billboards showing Israeli Foreign Minister and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, in the northern Israeli Arab Druze village of Daliyat Al-Carmel.   (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in the Old City of Jerusalem.   (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
An Israeli soldier votes at a polling station at a military outpost on Mount Hermon in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights.
An Israeli soldier votes at a polling station at a military outpost on Mount Hermon in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights.   (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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