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Be unprecedented key factors today, will ara arab-israelis turn out to vote joining me now is nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely in tel aviv. election day in israel is always so confusing and tumultuous, issues of voter access, voter suppression with the minority arabs, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, not to mention the future of the country, andrea. and i dont mean that just in a security sense >> right >> reporter: but the whole battle between the ultraortho box and secular is...

Win. the 69-year-old leader has put his friendship with donald trump on full display. hes made claims of election fraud saying the arabs wants to steal the elections. >> another secret nuclear site -- >> reporter: in his element, netanyahu has controlled the news agenda making announcements almost nightly. but he issued a warning to supporters of his party. >> translator: dont say it doesnt matter. it matters, all right. right now were losing. if you go out and vote, we will win. >> reporter: fo...

Fried eggs, sunny side up. >> anthony: farm eggs with peppers from your garden, tomato. that looks awesome, beyond words. it is incredibly beautiful here. i dont know why i didnt expect that. >> michal: you know, a lot of people come and say, its like provence, its like italy, and we say, no, its in jaffa. >> yotam: you like okra? >> anthony: i do. roasted tomatoes, okra? >> yotam: onion and mint. and thats all it is. and what they do a lot here is just char the hell out of it. so its like, it r...

Present governor opened this in 1951, and theres a wonderful photograph there on the wall of the opening day. it starts as really a tavern and has become a well-known and much-appreciated restaurant now. its very straightforward sicilian cooking at its best. >> anthony: we start with some typical things. the kind of things i deeply love. the kind of simple good things that make me happy. panelle, which is fritter made from chickpeas. some caponata, a sweet and sour eggplant dish kind of like rat...

These elections, there is strong feeling in the arab community that this time around their votes really count, perhaps galvanized by recent remarks from benjamin netanyahu. hes raised tensions by saying if hes elected he will annex the jordan valley into israel. facebook said it suspended the automated messaging system on the prime ministers official page for 24 hours because it violated its rules on hate speech. this after the chat box shared a pop-up message that encouraged people to vote for ...

Israels prime minister is hoping a mutual defense agreement with the united states will give him an advantage at the polls on tuesday. on saturday, he discussed the possibility of such an agreement with the u.s. president donald trump in a tweet he thanked mr. trump for the discussion writing, quote, the jewish state has never had a greater friend in the white house. he adds, he looks forward to discussing the pact at the united nations. previous attempts were rejected by both countries. the las...

Theyre here, and in ever larger numbers. this is noam, one of our drivers from tel aviv, who i asked about the graffiti on this house near the settlements. >> anthony: so, what is price tagging? >> noam: if something happens in the settlement or some attack towards jews, kids from the settlements would come and have a price tag for every activity. so theyll come to a palestinian village like this and they will destroy cars. they will write on walls like this. it says, "against arabs, the state o...

But they were witnessing something that had never before happened in tunisia. or for that matter in most parts of the arab world. where the candidates in the countrys presidential election were taking part in a televised debate. and event seen as a milestone on the road to democracy. well a hazard at how well its something that makes you happy and we can feel weve done something for democracy theres freedom of expression we have the right to choose that because there was that that tunisia is oft...

To get around ten votes for his party. but he will not vote, he says, to support a netanyahu-led coalition. so there will be horse trading there and at the same time there has been a lot of outrage in the arabic speaking community inside israel, about a fifth of the population, george, following what were frankly racist tweets on the netanyahu facebook page that forced a closure of his messaging system by facebook for 24 hours. that may well have galvanized some arabic speaking voters and palest...

And his party are near zero around here. >> at least we can fight for our rights, rights that no one else are going to ask for. >> turnout has been falling but that may change. >> with the two main parties pretty much neck and neck there is a strong feeling that this time around their votes really count, perhaps galvanized. >> he raised stengss by saying if he is elected he will annex the valley into israel. they have suspended the facebook page for 24 hours. this after the chat pot shared a pop...