Voting has opened for Israel’s January 22 election, with approximately 4,000 Israeli envoys casting their votes at 96 foreign missions around the world. Israel’s embassy in Wellington, New Zealand was the first to open its polls and early voting will conclude at the consulate in Los Angeles on Friday morning. Israelis cannot normally vote abroad and there is no early polling in Israel itself, but official Israeli delegates, their spouses and children under the age of 20 have been allowed to vote overseas since 1996. The largest polling station will open at the Israeli consulate in New York, where 600 registered voters will be able to cast their ballots.

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