On Tuesday, Israelis cast their votes in a do-over election that is widely seen as a referendum on prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political fate.

With nearly all ballots counted (none of them from Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, nor Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, who are barred from voting), former army chief Benny Gantz appears to hold a narrow lead over Netanyahu’s Likud party. Gantz’s Blue and White party will likely have the first chance to form a government.

Once again, Israelis are bracing for weeks of coalition negotiations and political deal-making to decide Israel’s next government, amid early predictions that the age of Netanyahu has come to an end. Battling for survival, Netanyahu made a post-election appeal to “my friend, President Trump, whose plan of the century will be presented soon,” and “the existential threat to Israel from Iran and its malignant cells.”