In the first month or so of the campaign, Likud claimed the election was between Bibi — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — and Tibi — Arab Israeli lawmaker Ahmad Tibi. (That is, the party claimed, a vote for Blue and White leader Benny Gantz was tantamount to a vote for Hadash-Ta’al’s Tibi.)
Here it is in election day pictures: Bibi vs. Tibi.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in Israel’s parliamentary elections in Jerusalem, on April 9, 2019. (Ariel Schalit/Pool/AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in Jerusalem on April 9, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
Arab Israeli lawmaker Ahmed Tibi, center, stands alongside his daughter, left, and wife, right, as he casts his vote during Israel’s parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019 in the northern Israeli town of Taibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Arab Israeli lawmaker Ahmed Tibi, center, stands alongside his daughter, left, and wife, right, as he casts his vote during Israel’s parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019 in the northern Israeli town of Taibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
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