article_snippet: With Netanyahu rightwing Likud trailing the centre-left Zionist Union in the latest opinion polls, Netanyahu said that if Netanyahu rivals were elected security would be compromised and his rivals were elected would give up total Israeli control over Jerusalem.
article_snippet: Netanyahu's pictured here giving a statement to the press during Netanyahu visit on Monday to Har Homa, an Israeli settlement neighbourhood in annexed east Jerusalem .
article_snippet: Throughout his campaign, Netanyahu has repeatedly accused Zionist Union leaders Isaac Herzog and former peace negotiator Tzipi Livni of being ready to abandon Israel's claim to Jerusalem as Jerusalem indivisible capital.
article_snippet: Indeed,' said Netanyahu, who in 2009 had endorsed the idea of two states living side by side.
article_snippet: Netanyahu later told public radio the two-state solution was now irrelevant, saying the 'reality has changed' and 'any territory which would be handed over would be taken over by radical Islamists'.
article_snippet: Netanyahu has based Netanyahu solidly on security issues, notably the Iranian nuclear threat, giving short shrift to the focus on economic issues in centre-left campaigning. '
article_snippet: Israeli Labour Party leader and co-leader of the Zionist Union coalition, Isaac Herzog, speaks with citizens as he campaigns on the eve of Israel's general election in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv . '
article_snippet: Herzog, meanwhile, has dismissed Prime Minister Netanyahu's jibes.
article_snippet: Former prime minister and Labour leader Ehud Barak came out in support of Herzog, calling Former prime minister and Labour leader Ehud Barak 'experienced and responsible' and someone who could be relied upon to ensure Israel's safety.
article_snippet: Prime Minister Netanyahu,attend Prime Minister Netanyahu campaign meeting on Monday in Rabin Square in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv .
article_snippet: Israeli MP and chairperson of center
article_snippet: -right Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, delivers a speech during the election campaign at the Israeli city of Modiin near Tel Aviv .
article_snippet: Meanwhile, Netanyahu has also made overtures to centre-right Kulanu party, seen as the kingmaker, offering the finance portfolio to Netanyahu leader Moshe Kahlon who dismissed this as 'spin'. '
article_snippet: Whoever wants to follow (Netanyahu's) path of despair and disappointment will vote for its leader Moshe Kahlon who dismissed this as 'spin',' Herzog said after casting Herzog vote. '
article_snippet: He said He was a lifelong his rightwing Likud voter but was now casting He ballot for the Zionist Union. '