![An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth in Migdalim An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim, near Ariel, March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-06.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth in Migdalim An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim, near Ariel, March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Israeli soldier carries a mobile ballot box at a border police base in the West Bank near Nablus An Israeli soldier carries a mobile ballot box at a border police base in the West Bank near Nablus March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Woman waves an Israeli national flag outside a polling station in Tel Aviv A woman waves an Israeli national flag outside a polling station in Tel Aviv, March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Knesset elections in Israel Voters wait in line to vote at a polling station for the Israeli general elections in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron,March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Mideast Israel Election Ultra-Orthodox Jews line up to vote in Bnei Brak, March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mideast Israel Election Ultra orthodox Jewish rabbi Gershon Edelstein prepares to vote in Bnei Brak, March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![A ultra-Orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Jerusalem A ultra-Orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Jerusalem March 17, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/israel-election-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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