Labour leader Ehud Barak taps the ballot box as he and his wife Nava attend their polling station to vote in the May 17 Israeli general election. Nava shakes hands with an election worker, behind. Security agents stand to the side. Barak tapped the box and then proceeded to the ballot booth to select his two votes, one for prime minister and the other for the Knesset (Parliament). Over 4-million eligible Israelis go to the polls today in a general election in which all Israeli polls predict Barak will unseat current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the right-wing Likud party.

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