Israel`s Benjamin Netanyahu teetering in close election race says exit polls
(WorldNews Business)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in a battle for political survival after exit polls following Tuesday`s election showed the race too close to call and the Israeli leader`s decade-long grip on power slipping. Netanyahu`s main election challenger, centrist Benny Gantz, said on Wednesday it appeared from the exit polls that Israel`s longest-serving leader was defeated but that only official results would tell. In his own speech to right-wing Likud party faithful, Netanyahu, sipping water frequently and speaking in a hoarse voice, made no claim of victory or concession of defeat, saying he was awaiting a vote tally. Netanyahu`s appearance in the dead of night at Likud election headquarters...