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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot accompanied by his wife, Sara, and their sons Yair and Avner in Jerusalem in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, file photograph, a worker hangs a huge poster with an image of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overlooking the Ayalon freeway in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 7, 2013, during his first visit to Israel. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) heads the weekly Cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Mr. Netanyahu said Israel will erect a fortified fence on the border with Syria to protect against radical Islamist forces that he claims have taken over the area. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)

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** FILE ** Then-Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to journalists as he arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, speaks in Ashdod, Israel, on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Mr. Bennett, the charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right, is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ahead of Jan. 22 election. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has re-entered the fray, attacking Mr. Netanyahu on the Palestinian issue and calling for a new peace push. (Associated Press)