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Netanyahu's armored stage raises eyebrows along campaign trail

With polls giving him 59-60 Knesset seats, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is busily campaigning in neighborhoods where his party has lost influence.
Netanyahu campaigns behind glass

With less than two months left until Israel goes to the polls, most polls indicate that opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's right-ultra-Orthodox bloc would win 59-60 Knesset seats, just short of the majority needed to form a new government.

Only a seat or two stand between Netanyahu and the prime minister’s office. Should he fail to reach this goal, a member of his own camp could demand he be replaced.

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