Israelis head to the polls

Umm Al-Fahm: Israeli Arabs wait to vote in Israel's general election at a polling station Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Tel Aviv: Ehud Barak, currently the defence minister and leader of the Labour party, casts his vote in a polling station Photograph: Miriam Alster/EPA

Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv: Israel's foreign minister and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, right, shakes hands with a supporter during a visit to a polling station Photograph: Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters

Umm Al Fahm: An Israeli Arab fills in his ballot paper at a polling station Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

Daliyat al-Karmel: An Arab-Israeli woman walks past campaign posters for Israeli foreign minister and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

Jerusalem: An Israeli border policeman stands guard as a Jewish Orthodox man casts his ballot for the parliamentary elections at a school Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

Ramallah, West Bank: Two Palestinian boys sit on top of a poster depicting the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, left, and the late Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Jerusalem: Israel's Likud party leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, casts his ballot at a polling station Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Ramle, Tel Aviv: An Israeli inmate picks his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Maasiyahu prison Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters

Nokdim: Yisrael Beiteinu leader, Avigdor Lieberman, centre, leaves a polling station after voting in the West Bank settlement Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP

Jerusalem: Israeli Jewish Ultra-Orthodox men vote at a polling station Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

Tel Aviv: Israel's foreign minister and Kadima party leader, Tzipi Livni, is covered in confetti after casting her ballot Photograph: Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters

Jerusalem: An Israeli woman casts her ballot as her dog pulls at his leash in a polling station Photograph: Olivier Fitoussi/EPA

Jerusalem: Israel's president, Shimon Peres, holds his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station Photograph: Mark Neyman/Reuters

Yarka: A Likud party supporter puts up a poster depicting party leader, Binyamin Netanyahu Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters