“Israeli elections are, in a word, complicated.” As Israelis head to the polls, The Atlantic’s Edward Delman provides a brief guide to the unexpected. And Vox provides an overview of the very basics.

+ Netanyahu already announced that a vote for him is a vote against the two state solution. And as the the polls opened, he offered this in a Facebook post: “The right-wing government is in danger. Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls. Left-wing organizations are busing them out.”