Israelis began voting on Tuesday for the fifth time in less than four years to elect a new parliament. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is bidding for a comeback. After years of deadlock, voter exasperation may hurt turnout, but surging support for the ultra-nationalist Religious Zionism bloc and firebrand co-leader Itamar Ben-Gvir has galvanized the campaign. Outgoing centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid is also in the race.<br />''<br />''Israel's longest-serving Premier, Netanyahu is on trial on corruption charges, which he denies, but his rightist Likud party is still expected to finish as the largest in Parliament.<br />''<br />''This will be the first time since 2009 when Mr. Netanyahu is running into the polls, not as the incumbent Prime Minister.<br />''<br />''As polls opened on Tuesday, the final opinion polls from last week showed him still short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, opening the prospect of weeks of coalition wrangling and possibly new elections.<br />''<br />''Security and surging prices have topped the list of voter concerns in a campaign triggered by defections from the unlikely ruling coalition of right-wing, centrist, and Arab parties formed after the last election. The last four elections in Israel ended in an indecisive mandate as alliances fell short of the majority mark in the Knesset.<br />''<br />