Israel's indicted Netanyahu faces party leadership challenge

Polls closed in the race to lead Israel's ruling Likud party Thursday, with embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gideon Saar set to find out who would take the party into March elections. Forty-nine percent of Likud's roughly 116,000 eligible members voted throughout the day, according to party figures. A defeat for Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, would be a shock, but even a relatively close victory could weaken his influence over the right-wing party he has dominated for 20 years.

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