Israel Votes: Netanyahu’s Fate Hangs on Tuesday’s Elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their ballots at a polling station as Israelis vote in a general election, in Jerusalem ,on March 23, 2021. Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP

JERUSALEM—Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years—a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Opinion polls forecast a tight race between those who support Israel’s longest-serving premier and those who want “anyone but Bibi,” as he is widely known.