Both candidates declared victory, but Israel's election is too close to call

Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Although both incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, former Israeli military chief Benny Gantz, who is considered a centrist, declared victory following Israel's national elections on Tuesday, exit polls are actually showing that the two men are in a virtual tie.

Per The New York Times, two of Israel's three main television channels projected that Gantz's party was ahead, while the third showed the two in a draw.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.