Israel faces potential deadlock in polls

JERUSALEM - Israel is headed toward an unprecedented repeat election on Tuesday with no guarantee that the do-over vote will produce a more decisive result than the inconclusive one last April.

The Israeli electorate is deeply divided and the fragmented parliamentary system makes coalition building a tricky business.

In April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to have a clear path to power with his right-wing Likud party and its traditional Jewish ultra-Orthodox and nationalist allies securing a majority in parliament.