benny gantz is more coy. from all of the occupied west bank. to find out if there is much difference between the two lead candidates in the minds of palestinians, barbara has been speaking to palestinian academic yara hawari. there is not a huge amount of difference between the two political parties when it comes to the palestinians. we saw that demonstrated aptly when benjamin that yahoo made his annexation plan. there was actually a scramble to say who's when it was first. the blue—and—white party said that netanyahu blue—and—white party said that neta nyahu has stolen blue—and—white party said that netanyahu has stolen the plan from gantz. the jordan netanyahu has stolen the plan from gantz. thejordan valley is an area of 50,000 palestinians. they are not discussed at all. netanyahu said he had no intention of annexing palestinians himself. it begs the question what happens in the palestinians also they have been absent from the discourse of the entire election process which is not surprising at all. bear

stations and news channels it puts blue and white benny gantz is party on 34. the likud party of netanyahu on 33 and the joint list the palestinian israeli largely arab joint list 11 that would give netanyahu if lieberman i believe him and his party remain out of his coalition that's what brought down the coalition talks last time one of his natural allies deciding not to play ball his party israel bit and was on 8 according to this poll and that would leave netanyahu with 57 seats. in the knesset for his entire coalition or putative coalition beating him for short of being able to form a majority so we would find ourselves in a similar situation as last time we have to put a huge health warning on all of these initial exit polls that they have been very wrong in the past they have been pretty close in the past 2 but in the last election at this time in april benny gantz was pretty convinced he had won he came out before netanyahu declared victory netanyahu waited and waited and waited until the numbers started to move his way and then he came out about 2 o'clo

benny gantz to meet. day well we haven't heard any of that nor did we hear him actually say 2 words. now so you do get an impression that benny gantz is saying yes national unity government i have been calling for that since a long time. of trying to avoid giving any specific answers and trying to make. understand anyway he would be the leader of a need for future government and it's not clear really whether he would give netanyahu any kind of role in that government or not yet as you say this is going to take sort of weeks of horse trading to work out how this is going to work but so just talk us through the blocks. who's likely to come together on the gaps. well ganz have the support of the left so that's about 6 more seats added to his and then he would get do recommendations that they're all indications of that of the joint list now the air jointly wouldn't join a government or traditionally never did and anyway avigdor lieberman would never accept that he says very clearly and i'm quoting him not eve

an election too close to cole exit polls from israel 2nd vote show benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz neck and neck. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london with al jazeera also coming up on the program bomb a strike at an election rally by the afghan president and in the heart of kabul killing at least 46 people persons highest court begins hearings to decide whether boris johnson broke the law when he shot down parliament for 5 weeks. and hong kong's leader admits that the international payoff they try to riot to improve the city's image said no. well i mean exit polls from israel's 2nd general election in less than 6 months show that prime minister benjamin netanyahu an opposition leader by any chance in a race too close to kohl who had been hoping to secure a 5th term in office a record 5th to failing to form a coalition following the 1st vote which took place a few months ago in april well the channel 12 polyphony exit poll shows that netanyahu is in a could party with 3 seats and dances blue and white alliance with 4 seats all the channels have showing them similarly neck and neck n

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israel's election too close to call with exit polls placing benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz as posses neck and neck. hello i'm marianna mozzie in london you are with al jazeera also coming up oil prices fall off to saudi arabia says production will return to normal by the end of september despite saturday's attack on a strike it's an election rally by the afghan president and in the heart of kabul killing at least 46 people. and how indonesia and malaysia using artificial brain to try to clear the toxic haze blanketing large parts of southeast asia. will exit polls from israel's 2nd general election this year show the prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the opposition of the benny gantz neck and neck netanyahu had been hoping to secure a record 5th term in office off to failing to form a coalition following the 1st vote in april carney the channel 12 polemically exit polls show that netanyahu with 33 seats and alliance with 34 all the channels are showing them similarly close they need to form a coalition with a 61 seat majority in order to take power. the israeli palestinian jointne

gantz well what about him he joins us live now from west jerusalem so we're expecting benny gantz to speak at a press conference shortly do we know what he's likely to say. well he's going to have to answer to. prime minister netanyahu and it's ano is on the offensive to want to sort of lead this show here some of his it factor saying that it's actually an act of desperation but he did put benny gantz in a difficult position especially that benny gantz has been saying all along during this campaign and in previous campaign earlier this year that he would never be in a government with a man who is facing corruption charges so meaning benjamin netanyahu so we'll have to wait to see what he's going to say but on the other side benny gantz also knows that probably forming a national unity government would be the only way ahead i mean there are. analysts here talk about several scenarios but that would be probably the easiest one if you factor in avigdor lieberman described as the kingmaker with his 9 seats he is the one who can make any government tilt in one direction or the other and a

well for benny gantz to manage to be the 1st to form this unity coalition government has gone and says he wants to form a unity government he'll need the support of the arab lists now they became this is where most palestinian israelis cast their vote they became the 3rd largest bloc on the leader of the arab list iman oday he said that the phone the for the 1st time an arab leaders said this he's expecting he wants to be the leader of the opposition and that means he for see a unity coalition government and iman oday needs to give the president needs to be one of the political leaders who sets of the president's yes we think benny gantz will be the next prime minister can become the next prime minister of israel this thing goes away and tries to form a unity government but to do that he needs likud supports likud is led by netanyahu that will be unacceptable to blue and white so the hope is that certainly blue and white that if they get the chance over the money over the coming weeks they'll chip away at the likud's loyalty to netanyahu as likud begin to stare in the face the prospect

the top stories on al-jazeera israel could be set for a new prime minister after benny gantz the main rival to current prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced he plans to form a unity government with him as a leader he says it will be for all of the people of israel but didn't mention netanyahu despite his calls for cooperation following the election and. i and team to create a wide unity government with me is the leader we will bring a true difference and we will mean to the whole of the country the government would be comprised of and we will listen to everybody but we won't give in to any demands it will be led by me and will be done with justice. thousands of people have been killed in 2 separate attacks in afghanistan and airstrike carried out by government forces with the u.s. air support has left leeds least 20 people dead in afghanistan's eastern province earlier at least 18 people were killed and $96.00 injured in a taliban suicide bomb attack in southern province iran's foreign minister says the us risks all out war if military action is launched against terror and that'

well 1st of all for benny gantz to be asked to be given the 1st chance to form a coalition government he needs the backing of the majority of the political parties and one of those groupings is the arab bloc this is where most palestinian israelis cast their vote now they're going to be the 3rd largest party for the 1st time now the leader of the arab bloc iman oday he said he wants to be the leader of the opposition they've never said this before and not means he accepts he thinks the likelihood of a unity government and for that like a unity government to be likely he needs to give his backing to gans's potential prime minister so if that happens gans then needs to persuade likud members to join his unity government of course netanyahu leads record having netanyahu leading the code in that scenario is unacceptable to blue and white so he could would have to get rid of netanyahu they've said they won't but as the weeks go by and record a staring the possibility of going into opposition then there might crack smites appear and that's where netanyahu is at risk it's not all over netany

close to call exit polls results in israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu trailing challenger benny gantz but neither will win and the chargers. hello i missed the attain this is al jazeera live from dar also coming up oil prices continue to fall despite saudi arabia saying production will return to normal by the end of september after saturday's attack. dozens of people were killed in 2 blasts in afghanistan including one that targeted the president's campaign rally. and how artificial rain is being used to clear the toxic haze blanketing large parts of southeast asia. a possible political setback for israel's prime minister netanyahu early exit polls from the country's election rerun have now put to the long time made his future in doubt he was hoping to secure a 5th term but his challenger general turned politician benny gantz may derail those plans he was forced to call the rerun when he failed to form a coalition government following april's voters he's been trying to appeal to write in votes has by promising to annex parts of the occupied west bank while accounts spoke just a

this is benny gantz who is a challenging benjamin netanyahu. is benny gantz who is a challenging benjamin neta nyahu. let's is benny gantz who is a challenging benjamin netanyahu. let's hear what he has to say. translation: to my wonderful children who supported and accompanied me and saw me very little at home. they controlled me from afar. you are the most dear thing to me out of everything. thank you. i want to thank my partners, the leadership of blue and white alliance. i am the leadership of blue and white alliance. iam proud the leadership of blue and white alliance. i am proud to call you my friend. because it is not only a political pastor but friend. the most honest in israeli politics, i am proud to call you my partner and gabby, the leader, a man, a friend and partner who burnt the field. together with you, in all directions, i want to remind you that we were in tel aviv lately, i am not sure where you are now but i thank you from the bottom of my heart and i want to thank the members of parliament, raise your hand so i can see you. you all worked and acted in areas and commun

benny gantz and gans is blue and white coalition so a lot to happen over 'd the next few weeks daryn and a lot remains unknown or at a bit of smith in western islam bernard thank you let's cross over now to me to abraham who is in ramallah need us so what's the feeling there on the ground amongst palestinians about the selection. we've heard from the deputy for more the world out and who said that he commended the palestinian israeli parties at achieving a higher rate as we have seen from the initial results in the israeli elections saying that they when they unite they do better however in the overall perspective the whole picture it seems that palestinians are not really dwell on the results of the israeli elections they don't really see that there is much of a difference yesterday the palestinian prime minister how much they has said that isn't much difference between the 2 main contenders meaning guns and that and you hope as none of them had agendas to end the israeli occupation over the palestinian territory this morning the p.l.o. secretary general saw about it spoke he said t

benny gantz from the centre—left has echoed the same basically. avigdor lieberman to oust benjamin netanyahu. can lieberman to oust benjamin neta nyahu. can they lieberman to oust benjamin netanyahu. can they join lieberman to oust benjamin netanyahu. can theyjoin with benjamin netanyahu netanyahu. can theyjoin with benjamin neta nyahu may netanyahu. can theyjoin with benjamin netanyahu may with some rotation in the prime minister's office or depose benjamin netanyahu and have another leader to capitalise under significant strength but without the baggage that benjamin neta nyahu strength but without the baggage that benjamin netanyahu brings. we are talking about exit polls at the moment. we're going hearfrom benjamin netanyahu imminently. you can see he's being greeted there by supporters and we are expecting him to mount that stage and some kind of speeds. so far, those exit polls following israel's second general election in five monthsjust following israel's second general election in five months just the results are simply too close to call.

too close to call exit polls show benjamin netanyahu and challenger benny gantz on neck and neck in israel's general election. law and have them seek it this is live from doha also coming up oil prices for oil after saudi arabia says production will return to normal by the end of september following saturday's attack. dozens of people were killed in 2 blasts in afghanistan one targeted the president's campaign rally. the brakes are on india's economy but one industry is suffering more than most. well the 2 main parties in israel are neck and neck after a 2nd general election in just over 6 months that's according to the exit polls former military chief benny gantz is blue and white party has a wafer thin lead over prime minister benjamin netanyahu is liquid party but neither of them has claimed victory nor conceded defeat official results serve not yet been announced that they now called a rerun when he failed to form a coalition after a general election in april the channel 12 preliminary exit poll is giving netanyahu slick could $33.00 seats and dances blue and white alliance $34.00 both w

benny gantz is obviously. relying on the support of the leftist parties here oh so this is an indication that he's hired joy which seems at least according to the. it is exit polls that maybe as many as 15 seats that record. c in any israeli election the leader of the joint list and even though they have indicated that he could recommend to president rivlin. benny gantz and when i believe trying to form a government but that you have the easier for having more liberal men who so far have indicated that he favors what he called the road in liberal government that they would be a lot of really going on in the next few weeks the person that would be. the president really tossing someone. according to the people here i don't believe that would be betty who ever will guess that i will have a very difficult job ahead even though the numbers that they say that the 40 day this exit poll is without a time who are livid that having feuding snowboards. joy lives would have caught on to this 61 of these required to get th

spot and now all eyes here in israel will be on benny gantz holder thank you. for more on this let's bring in akiva eldar who joins us via skype from tel aviv he's a columnist at the news website akiva eldar so netanyahu now calling on benny gantz to join him in this unity government is this a shrewd move by netanyahu or a sign of political desperation do you think. i think it's another spin made by an uncanny how and the proof is in the yesterday's gathering of the likud and so to speak those natural partners the orthodox and tried to get them to get from them a clear commitment that they are together and they are not going to betray or stary stab him in his back and this is after he made all the members of the previous likud faction in the upcoming knesset to sign the same kind of commitment and now what he's doing is trying to throw the hot potato or so to speak to guns cork and be the 1st one to blame guns for. this agreeing to unity which unity is very popular in israel and that it will be his forte if they will have to go for certain actions we know the p

all israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called on his main rival centrist benny gantz to form a unity government together after election results showed no obvious path forward in a video message netanyahu stated that his preference to form a right wing coalition would not be possible and he also wanted to avoid the prospect of a 3rd election tuesday's election results but netanyahu is longstanding from a ship at risk as no clear winner emerged dances yet to respond to the request but israel's president well he's welcome the move. let's get the very latest now live from tanya kramer standing by for us in jerusalem tanya is this and that yahoo's only way forward considering now he doesn't have the numbers to form the right wing government he wanted. well benyamin netanyahu said on wednesday with his traditional potential coalition partners the smaller right thing parties and the ultra orthodox parties and they made the math and they come only to $55.00 seats that is sort of the 61 they would need to build their coalition for a very narrow right wing and religious government so h

benyamin netanyahu as main rival benny gantz says he will lead a unity government in israel. one time is a this is a live from doha so coming out wrong says it's prepared for all out war if the us all saudis take military action against iran. another 2 attacks hit afghanistan dozens killed only 9 days out of the presidential election. i should have been. should have known better forced to apologize canada's prime minister in a political storm after a photo emerges showing him wearing brown face makeup. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has called on his main rival benny gantz to join him in a unity coalition a call that's been ignored dead benny gantz leader of the blue and white party has announced he plans to form a unity government with him as leader and says the government will be for all people in israel but did not mention that in the hour. i am team to create a wide unity government with me as the leader we will bring a true difference and we will mean to the whole of the country the government would be comprised of and we will listen to everybody but we weren'

shows the 2 main parties prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the code and the blue and white of benny gantz are tied both have many options for coalition and there is even talk about trying to form a unity government minus netanyahu bernard smith is live for us in west jerusalem need that ibrahim is in the occupied west bank but 1st we begin in tel aviv with hairy forces. the music blurred benjamin netanyahu smiles but more than 5 hours after voting finished it was clear this was no victory even if he was far from ready to admit defeat the question is are you. a government committed to the jewish state or neither will your can there be a government that relies on. arab parties but the exit polls suggest he doesn't have the numbers to dictate he may not be given 1st chance to form a government 5 months ago benjamin netanyahu waited several hours before making his speech waiting for the numbers to swing in his favor this time he's waited longer the numbers appeared to swallow if the other direction 5 months ago he made a victory speech this time it was a speech of defiance it seems clea

covering events for us from west jerusalem today it's close but at this stage a slight advantage to benny gantz. slight advantage at this stage one seat advantage if you just look at the results of the blue and white party versus delete party. but if you put together a possible coalition. many dance gets a few more seats as an advance but all of that is yet not set in stone we do know that he has on board the leftist parties we do think and there are indications that the list might very well recommend to the president to actually task benny gantz with the 1st chance of trying to form a government they would not join the coalition but they would at least recommend benny gantz for their role so that adds another at least 13 seats should that count but as you said at the end of the day did joker here will remain will be lieberman and what will he do where will he put his weight he has been talking ever since last night or rather this morning here by israel time about a national unity broad based liberal government which would include likud blue and white party and his own. party that would e

next 60 minutes israel's election too close to call with exit polls putting benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz his blessings neck and neck. oil prices fall after saudi arabia says production will return to normal by the end of september despite saturday's attack . bomb a strike at an election rally by the afghan president and in the heart of kabul killing at least 46 people. and how indonesia and malaysia using artificial writing to try to clear the toxic haze of blanketing large parts of southeast asia . good sport or read some secured their place in the star before 2 of the are you in charge league they drop a nice team knock your chart and share her ex. with very big victory when the tour group for the 2nd time are even 3. right so early exit polls from israel's 2nd general election this year prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the opposition to benny gantz uneconomic netanyahu had been hoping to secure a 5th off to failing to form a coalition following the 1st vote in april the channel 12 exit poll shows netanyahu has likud party with 33 seats and dances bill might alliance with c.

stands at the moment exit polls suggest israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz both failed to secure a majority government in their own right with potential lengthy coalition talks looming then. in the coming days will convene negotiations to assemble a strong zionist government by intense street everyone starting tonight we will work to form a good you see good. as well saudi arabia probes who was behind that devastating drone attack on its all facilities last saturday the u.s. president's quick off the mark to directly accused iran. people in disputed kashmir cut off from friends and families his lines of communication remain shut down by india come up to speak to locals there to find out a bit more. come out since last month we've been unable to get a hold of. me or trying to erase totally disconnected contact and it's really like it was before the blackout. for the morning to my name is kevin over here with a wednesday morning 30 minute will be from r.t. international and 1st the fate of israel's prime minister this morning hanging in the balance with

gantz and he might lend his support to benny gantz the 1st time and. bloc group in the knesset has done that does that they've got succeeds to do that and pull over some likud supporters and he could form the coalition government we could says they won't go with him but as they see over the weeks the threats that they could end it opposition and up in opposition and so many could members might finally make the jump in joint accounts netanyahu by the way quickly can still survive he could pull support from labor or from others in blue and white and he could hang on as president desire i say is that veneer of invincibility is chipped away at it gets harder the netanyahu to persuade people to join into our bernard thank you for that let's cross over now to need to abraham who is live for us in ramallah media so what's the feeling there on the ground amongst palestinians does the election mean anything to them. it's safe to say that many of them have met it with a feeling of indifference yesterday the palestinian prime minister and some of the she spoke ab

election is too close to a corner with netanyahu unable to secure a majority against his rivals a benny const could this be the end of the mess in the outlook iraq any good rigidness left also on the program european leaders issue a warning to britain's the risk of the u.k. leaving the e.u. without it is very real and brussels will not pretend connect us to it. and weeks of action for no violence in the south african city of johannesburg are taking their toll both on the people and the city's economy. class installed to a domain displayed by germany's force your dog one but they match the possible next and the integral as the champions league group stages to call finally they begin their campaign tonight. color woman continue on with that she. is friends of the future of is respond this have been eliminated now is hanging in the balance partial results of the country's election show likud party in deadlock with the blue wide body of centrist benny gantz so far neither side has declared victory but the results could mark the beginning of the end for netanyahu israel's along with 7 prime

benny gantz to meet. day dozens of people have been killed in 2 separate attacks in afghanistan and the strike carried out by government forces with the u.s. their support has left at least 20 people dead in afghanistan's eastern province or at least 18 people were killed and 96 injured in a taliban suicide bomb attack in southern province iran's foreign minister says the u.s. risks all out war if military action is launched against iran softer saudi arabia presented what it calls undeniable evidence iran was behind an attack on major oil facilities a total of $25.00 drones and missiles were said to have been launched that the 2 oil plans but yemen's hoochie rebels have claimed responsibility and say the saudis evidence has been faked. iranian foreign minister java zarif says the u.s. and saudi arabia continue to blame iran because they can believe hutu rebels could be capable of the attack in a tweet he wrote to war agitation for war remnants of the bt minutes ambitious allies are trying to deceive donal

the votes have been counted and prime minister benjamin netanyahu from likud is trailing his rival benny gantz of the blue and white party it means israel could now face lengthy coalition negotiations political paralysis and maybe a 3rd vote when things clear though choose this election was essentially a referendum on 10 years of prime minister netanyahu for him this election is crucial winning could be the only way for him to avoid criminal prosecution over corruption charges he stays as prime minister he keeps his immunity right now though netanyahu and benny gantz need the support from israel's smaller parties to form a coalition government and maybe the most important player is this man big door lieberman he leads an ultra nationalist secular party he quit is the defense minister back in april which ultimately led netanyahu to call the snap election and he is one of those who wants this unity government bill hamid covering events from west jerusalem for us it is close it's basically as close as it was 5 months ago. it is and it is and it is in the sense that to chew main rivals which

he and his challenger, benny gantz are necka nd neck.he right wing problem and the centrist blue and white party have 32 seats east that needs over 62 make a majority. netanyahu is looking at building a coalalition. we need toto create -- that is what we need to do. we must meet a government that and wepeople together must maintain the idea of the jewish nation state. is complex and we need to wait for the final results. netanyahu has not been successful. trent istherine noris covering the election. she has more on whether the vote might mark the end of the netanyahu era. >> it is difficult to see how the numbers stack for benjamin netanyahu. it does not seem the prime minister has a rululing majorit. he h has no clear path to winnig a fifth term as these results come in. some allies he hoped to see return to him have not managed electoralhe threshold. it looks incredibly close between his party and benny alliance,ue-and-white when it comes to the numbercrunching, benjamin netanyahu is in a tight spot. there is talk of him joining a nati

all benny gantz how will he affect the final outcome. yes will not at least separately he says that the only way that that his and his members of the knesset would sit in a unity government is if there were a unity government between likud and blue and white and then israel bitter knew his party would sit with it his whole campaign having collapsed the coalition talks so dramatically of course he's a long time both ally and enemy of benjamin netanyahu his decision to totally rupture with netanyahu and collapse those talks bringing about the circumstances which made netanyahu come to the conclusion that he had to call a 2nd election that the fact that he did that the kind of messaging he's been putting out without explicitly saying he wouldn't serve with netanyahu suggests that netanyahu his position of the head of likud would be the main stumbling block for any such freeway coalition to take place i also asked the head of the likud delegation here yariv levine whether given that they say they want unity government i'm addressing you know

benny gantz the hunter it's not often that you lose an election and then get another shot at it less than 6 months later how the war has the expectation in the blue and what camp. and i think the expectation is that you will find yourself in exactly the same situation but the message coming out of benny gantz. or one of the co-chairs actually of the blue and white party and the a left feet is that listen when you need to come out and vote for us you know they've been actually trying also to attract some likud voters who . think that big to benjamin netanyahu has been there for too long who think that those corruption charges are way too heavy for him to continue being a prime minister they've also been going around reaching out to people calling on them to vote for example on the beaches of tel aviv and benny gantz on the streets talking to people now their message is look last time he got a shot at it and what he did when he couldn't form a government is that he dissolved the knesset now benny gantz is sure trying to put new 10 yo on the spot and also president rivlin by say you can

too close to cole exit polls show benjamin netanyahu and challenger benny gantz are neck and neck in israel's general election. has i'm speaking of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up oil prices for all off to saudi arabia says production will return to normal by the end of september following saturday's attack. dozens of people were killed in 2 gloss in afghanistan one targeted the president's campaign rally. and the brakes are on india's economy but one industry is suffering more than most. oh israel's 2nd general election in a year looks unlikely to break its political stalemate exit polls suggest benny gantz who leads the blue and white party is locked in a tight race with the kurds prime minister benjamin netanyahu neither are expected to win a majority it could lead to weeks of political wrangling carrefour said reports from tel aviv. the music blared benjamin netanyahu smiles but more than 5 hours after voting finished it was clear this was no victory even if he was far from ready to admit defeat in such a mess for years. a government committed to the jewish state

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blue and white case but the options that are a narrower than they are for benny gantz down smith in west jerusalem bernard thank you let's cross over now to need to abraham who is in ramallah for us leave us so what's the feeling there on the ground amongst palestinians about the selection. palestinian officials are saying the sheriff has reiterated the position that we've been hearing from the palestinians is that israeli elections is an intern and is really a fear that they don't want to intervene in however he said he had to hold that the next israeli prime minister will extend his hand to peace to palestinians and concede that ending the israeli occupation over the palestinian territory we've also heard from the p.l.o. those 3 general about a party says that the main difference between the 2 contenders is that one benjamin netanyahu he wants to deepen and strengthen apartheid while the other benny gantz wants to deepen the status quo as in maintaining the israeli control and occupation of the occupied territory now if you talk about palestinians in the street it doesn't really seem t

command a majority in parliament whether prime minister binyamin netanyahu or his main challenger benny gantz will have the 1st opportunity to form a coalition government. term in office. now what is significant here is 1st of all the large palestinian israeli the arab bloc vote turned out they are now the 3rd largest group in israel's knesset and the leader of that group says he could see himself as the leader of the opposition that means he sees a coalition a unity government in the offing perhaps like by benny gantz he might lend his support to benny gantz the 1st time and arab bloc group in the knesset has done that meanwhile a palestinian woman charged by israeli security forces in the occupied west bank has died of her injuries in hospital israeli media say she was seen waving a knife at the call and the checkpoint witnesses say the woman lay on the ground for at least 15 minutes without receiving medical help iran's president says the fighters launched an attack on oil refineries in saudi arabia as a warning should withdraw from the war in yemen has some rouhani made the comment

and this is what we can do in israeli politics or his office says he's due to have talks soon with benny gantz raising the possibility that he could offer him some kind of support benjamin netanyahu spoke on stage of the difficulties and pressure of this campaign with his 1st pre indictment hearing on corruption charges jus in 2 weeks and the prospects of fighting them from the prime minister's office now diminished the pressure looks set to intensify our equals at al-jazeera television. all right let's bring in our guests akiva eldar is columnist for al monitor is israel pulse and he joins us by skype from tel aviv yossi michael berg is professor of international relations at regents university and a specialist in israeli politics he joins us from london. and mitchell rock is c.e.o. of key global research and a former adviser to israeli president shimon peres he joins us from west roussel and welcome all our guests now mitchell let me start with you this gamble by benjamin netanyahu to dissolve parliament this really didn't pay off did it you know he pushed himself a little too far and

cecentrist benny gantz also wans the coalition, but with himself at the helm. the latest on this power competition. >> docketingt of your face regardless of the context or the circumstances is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. brent: canadian prime minister justin trudeau never should have done it will the scandal over blackface pictures from his past threaten his reelection chances? and after 20 years of negotiations, a trade deal between europe and four south american countries is in danger of collapsing as lawmakers in austria reject the landmark agreement. and driftingng on polalar i iceh the heat. an international mission sets sail to monitor the impact of global warming on the arctic. brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states at all around the world, welcome. in israel, the voters have spoken, and that is now part of the problem. tuesday's election produced no clear winner. prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival, benny gantz, are vying to be the next leader. gantz's centrist blue and whit

benny wenda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me.we saw violent clashes between indonesian security personnel and civilians in west papua. there were a number of deaths, some very serious clashes. now the indonesian say the situation is now calm and order has been restored stop you are in co nsta nt order has been restored stop you are in constant contact with west papua, what did you believe is going on? this situation escalated from ja ka rta this situation escalated from jakarta to west papua because of, you know, the indonesian police and military and local civilians came to west papua student dormitories and accused them of the racist word, monkey, dog, and pig. that spark escalated across indonesia, across west papua. the papuans, if you call us west papua. the papuans, if you call us monkey, then go home, we want to ask an independent referendum. then peacefully start with, peacefully across west papua, all of west papua, then the indonesian response is killing six people. that is the start of killing by the indonesian militar

benny gantz has ruled out forming any coalition.e is what benjamin nenetanyau had to say thihis morning. >> during the elections, i called for a right wing government. the results show this is not possible. people did n not decide between the two blocks. there is no choice but to form a unity government made up for all ththe people for whomom the staf israel is dear. we need to put in place the broadest government of unity today. people expect us to take responsibility and act in cooperation. genie: our reporter told us more about benjamin netanyahu's turnaround this morning. >> what a difference a day makes. last night, he was saying the choice is between me and a left wing government relying on the arab parties to get ahead. now he is calling for a unity government. it is the smart movove. he can see the numbers are shifting. he is two seats behind the blue and white party in the latest figures. it is a smart move. it shows him with the initiative. decision is benjamin netanyahu himself. they are saying g not that they will not si

the election israel still too close to call with netanyahu unable to secure a majority against rival benny gantz both are urging patience as the vote count continues also on the show. trying to reconstruct everything he says pushing them to a climax where it's a bad victory. and this is i think deeply irresponsible and this makes me a force field feel feel sad and that britain's prime minister has opened a new front in the battle over bracks today europe's parliament roll out their big guns in a special debate. and weeks of anti foreigner violence in the south african city of johannesburg are taking their toll both on the people and the city's economy. and germany's berthier dortmund draw with mighty barcelona as the champions league group stages kick off fine munich begin their quest tonight. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the future of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hanging in the balance this morning partial results from the country's election show the race is still too close to call with the blue white party of centrist benny gantz tied with netanyahu is liku

election in israel too close to call with netanyahu unable to secure a majority against his rival benny gantz both are urging patience as the vote count continues also on the show. weeks of anti foreigner violence in the south african city of johannesburg are taking their toll both on the people and the city's economy. and germany's voters see adore him and draw with mighty barcelona as the champions league group stage kicks off byron munich begin their quest. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the future of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is very much in the balance this morning partial results from the country's election showing the race still too close to call with a blue white party of centrist benny gantz tied with netanyahu so far neither side has conceded defeat nor declared victory. speaking to his supporters in tel aviv opposition leader benny gantz stopped short of the tearing election when. but his address had the tone of a victory speech for his blue and white party. he had consulted mr according to the initial results netanyahu did not succeed in his miss

election this year is on course for yet another stalemate prime minister netanyahu and his centrist rival benny gantz fail to get a majority signaling more lengthy talks. in the coming. to assemble a strong zionist government i intend to speak with everyone starting tonight we will work to form a government. also a. devastating. facilities. the us the pinning the blame firmly on iran. the new york times faces by publishing an excerpt from a forthcoming book about the alleged sexual misconduct of u.s. supreme court justice. leaving important details of. your tuning in from right around the globe. to moscow to r.t.e. international union and with you this news hour. with more than 60 percent of the vote counted the fate of israel's prime minister hung in the balance this afternoon polls suggest he's neck and neck with his nearest rival to repeat parliamentary elections binyamin netanyahu even with allies included currently doesn't have enough seats to secure a majority government the same goes for his main challenger benny gantz earlier kevin owen got the latest from a course about love. this vote

2nd general election in just over 6 months that's according to the exit polls former military chief benny gantz is a blue and white party has only away 5th in lead over prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it could party but neither of them has claimed victory nor conceded defeat official results are yet to be announced netanyahu called the unprecedented rerun when he failed to form a coalition off to a general election in april well the channel 12 preliminary exit poll is giving netanyahu is a could party 33 seats and dances blue in my lines 34 now both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority of the minority arab alliance that's the joint list is set to come in 3rd with 11 seats and predicted to be in 4th place is the man who could play kingmaker or indeed king breaker avigdor lieberman heads up the far right he has railed the 10 no party that's predicted to win 8 to 10 seats well dan says he's open to a possible national unity government you my friends. the change. you are the change. that's come out. we. thank you so so. we have to be patient and wait for the things to h

the election in israel too close to call with netanyahu unable to secure a majority against rival benny gantz both are urging patience as the vote count continues also on the show. european leaders issue a warning to britain's the risk of the u.k. leaving the e.u. without a deal is a very real and brussels will not pretend to negotiate. and germany is for us here dortmund draw with mighty barcelona as the champions league group stages kick off byron munich begin their quest. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the future of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hanging in the balance this morning partial results from the country's election show the race still close too close to call with a blue white party of centrist pentagons tied with netanyahu so far neither side has declared victory. speaking to his supporters in tel aviv opposition leader benny gantz stopped short of the tearing election when. but his address had the tone of a victory speech for his blue and white party. courting the initial results netanyahu did not succeed in his mission. was enough and we

for example stay as it is now with benny gantz. seat ahead does that mean these are the president goes to him 1st and says you get the 1st chance to make a government. well i spoke to constitution israeli president could ask anyone to form a government which he goes to benny gantz traditionally they do go to do the 1st task is given to de person or the party who has gotten more seats and in this case according to the exit polls even though we still don't have the final official results. it does look very much as the blue and white party has one seat at least as head of the likud party but then in that even in that case it's not going to be an easy task for benny gantz he has the support of the leftist parties there's about 6 seats there are indications to not confirm that the arab joint list would recommend the president to tosk 1st benny gantz with the formation of a government even though the arab jointness and this state would not join that coalition would actually rather stay in the opposition so if you add all these numbers be

israel's longest serves president benjamin netanyahu slipping a bit bents benny gantz and his blue and white party. >> remember both claimed victory five months ago. overnight no one claimed victory, but no one was ready to concede. >> translator: israel need as strong and stable and signest government, a government that's committed as a national state to the jewish people. >> translator: i hope to create a wide unity government, a government willing to return to israel its special values, where one people, one society. the polarization is behind us. >> so which leader will get to form a government? let's sunday to sam kiley live in jerusalem. hi, sam. >> reporter: hi, christine. let's talk about gantz's comment to form a zionist government. that's a warning that it's conceivable a joint list, an arab semicoalition, a group of parties got told is or could be part of a center left coalition. i think it's an outside chance frankly, but they have emerged from the exit polls as the third largest party in the country. so if there were, for example, a national unity government involving liku

his main rival benny gantz head of the center of i.q. and white party emerged as a real threat to netanyahu in the previous election touring the country like here in southern israel guns who served as military chief under netanyahu wants to sway voters with his security record and a different comet leadership. this appeals to would. she would like to see a less self-centered prime minister and a more centrist less religious coalition government and then of. the bend i am voting for benny gantz and his entire team and the party itself because they are politically in the center with all they all have clean hands. they care about the general public not a cause. some make a couple. pollsters predict a tight race netanyahu is fighting for every vote and he's not going away from making election promises his pledge to apply serenity over the jordan valley in the occupied west bank if reelected has triggered heavy criticism of brought taunted as elections been in israel it remains to be seen whether it's race more voters of the smaller right win

party led by benny gantz 32 seats far prime minister benjamin netanyahu could party is just behind with 31 that's. likely to control 55 of parliament's 120 seats while dancing his natural partners could have up to 56 but 61 seats are required for a majority of former defense minister avigdor lieberman may be the kingmaker he's calling for unity government which he says should include his ultra nationalist party and the blue and white. ruled out joining forces with the could if netanyahu remains the party leader. here we have parliament members have overwhelmingly voted in favor of another briggs italy but only if britain requests fun and with conditions the u.k. parliament passed legislation last month forcing prime minister boris johnson to oss for a delay if no agreement is reached. well the headlines will have more news here and. inside story of that stay with us. who will be israel's next prime minister there's no clear winner in that 2nd election in a year and would leave the coalition talks about to start how will the political bargaining turn out what kind of government will isra

our neck and neck exit polls suggest israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz have both failed to secure a majority government on the road with potentially lengthy coalition talks looming . in the coming days will convene negotiations to assemble a strong zionist government intent street everyone starting tonight we will work to form a good you'd see your. other headlines will saudi arabia probes who is behind the devastating drone attacks and its all facilities u.s. sticks their hasty accusations putting the blame still firmly on iran. and the new york times faces a backlash for publishing an excerpt from a forthcoming book about the alleged sexual misconduct of the u.s. supreme court justice but leaving out apparently important details. very good afternoon my name is kevin now in here this wednesday with a 30 minute world news update to come 1st and with more than 60 percent of the votes counted now but 60 to 63 percent the fate of israel's prime minister hangs in the balance in the polls suggest he is neck and neck with his nearest rival after repeat p