A mess at the Knesset

International | Israel's body politic faces U.S.-style choice: lesser of two evils | Mindy Belz

Five election cycles ago inquiring minds wanted to know if Ronald Reagan used Grecian Formula. Israel's conservative candidate for prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, also stands accused of dying his hair.

In this case, however, the Likud Party leader is charged with using it to make his head more gray instead of less. The top post in Tel Aviv demands maturity over youthfulness, a picture of the contrast between U.S. presidential images and Israeli politics leading up to next week's national election.

Mr. Netanyahu, 46, will challenge 73-year-old incumbent Shimon Peres in a May 29 election for prime minister that is expected to be one of Israel's tightest. It is also the first time Israelis will cast two votes on the ballot: Normally parliamentary-style elections have given way to separate votes, one for prime minister and another for allocating seats in Israel's 120-seat legislative body, the Knesset.

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