A report in the Israeli daily Ma’ariv that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told friends, “It appears I’ll lose” the election race is nothing but “virtual reality,” the premier said Wednesday. Netanyahu added that polls showing him losing to Labor Party leader Ehud Barak are unreliable. His comments came as a poll released by Channel Two Television showed Barak taking 44 percent of the vote next week to 35 percent for Netanyahu. In a June 1 runoff, Barak would get 50 percent to 33 percent for the premier, the poll said.
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