Israeli Prime Minister and leader of the ruling rightwing Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and party's members gather on stage during a campaign meeting ahead of the early elections for the 20th Knesset on January 5, 2014 in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The general elections, to be held on March 17, 2015 had been due in late 2017, but Netanyahu brought the polls forward after the collapse of his fractious coalition in early December. Primary elections of Likud party took place on December 31 ahead of the early elections, in which Netanyahu, in power since 2009, will seek to win a third straight term and a fourth in total. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)