Voting is under way as Israel's ruling Kadima party chooses a successor to its leader, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
The front-runners to succeed him are Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz.
Mr Olmert, who denies corruption claims, has said he will step down as PM after his successor is chosen.
But he may stay on as caretaker prime minister until a new coalition government is formed, which could take weeks or even months.
Ms Livni's supporters hope she will breathe new life into a political establishment mired in sleaze and dominated by ageing, male, former military figures, says the BBC's Heather Sharp in Jerusalem.
But the former Mossad spy is widely criticised for her lack of political experience.
Mr Mofaz, a former army chief of staff who has talked tough on Iran, is seen as further to the right on security, but some say there is little difference between him and the opposition Likud party, our correspondent adds.
Mr Olmert, who denies corruption claims, has said he will step down as PM after his successor is chosen.
But he may stay on as caretaker prime minister until a new coalition government is formed, which could take weeks or even months.
Ms Livni's supporters hope she will breathe new life into a political establishment mired in sleaze and dominated by ageing, male, former military figures, says the BBC's Heather Sharp in Jerusalem.
But the former Mossad spy is widely criticised for her lack of political experience.
Mr Mofaz, a former army chief of staff who has talked tough on Iran, is seen as further to the right on security, but some say there is little difference between him and the opposition Likud party, our correspondent adds.
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