VIEW OF ASSORTMENT OF ISRAELI ELECTION BALLOTS SEEN ON ARMY BASE IN BEIT EL, 1999-05-16...

View inside an Israeli election ballot booh including slips of white papers with Hebrew letters dentifying 31 separate parties for election to the Knesset, or Parliament (Left side) and yellow ballots with the names of the Prime Ministerial candidates (R) photographed on an Israeli army base in the West Bank May 16, when soldiers cast their ballots a day early before tomorrow's general election. Since the photograph was taken two of the Prime Ministerial candidates, Yitzhak Mordechai and Ze'ev 'Benny' Begin, have dropped out of the race, leaving Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak as the only two contenders for Prime Minister. The ballot slips for Labour (Barak) are at left, top right, and for Likud (Netanyahu) on second in from right side on third row from the top. JWH