News from Al-Madinah: Just before the polls closed, Israeli party leaders urged voters to leave their homes and cast their ballots.
Party leaders went out into the streets and commercial marketplaces, and they also utilised social media and text messaging to reach out to voters and encourage them to cast their ballots.
Itemar Bin Ghafir, a spokesperson of the right-wing (religious Zionist) party, took an extraordinary step of travelling between Israeli cities in a chopper to motivate right-wing followers to cast their ballots.
In a tape captured from the aircraft, he said: “Although we were in the south, news of Gantz’s advance in Ra’nana and the unbelievers in Saba and Netanyah reached us.
For his part, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud party’s leader and a former prime minister, released a video urging his followers to cast ballots.
He said: “People went out and voted, but it is not enough, and it is still necessary to vote for the cod.
“We are in a draw with Lapid,” Netanyahu continued, “therefore every significant voice, we beg everyone to go out and vote promptly.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid tweeted a similar statement to the Israeli people.
“Go to the polls. Everyone who cares about the future of our children and the destiny of the State of Israel, cannot stay at home in such a situation, the data reveal that the results are very close,” he stated.
When moving around various markets, Defense Minister Benny Gantz tweeted: “You may achieve an achievement in the face of extremism, select Gantins.”
Estimates also show that the right, particularly the (Likud), (Shas), and (Judhot Hatura) parties, saw a considerable increase in voters in the short time before the polls closed.
Additionally, there was evidence that the Arab population of Israel resumed voting in the evening.
The Arab lists were widely circulated among Arab citizens and on social media.
The increase in the percentages of votes cast for the correct parties on the Arab lists motivates them to increase their efforts to win the elections.
The Israeli Central Statistics Department said that 4 hours before the polls were closed, the voting rate reached 57. 7%, which means that 3.
Out of 6,7 million voters, 9 million have cast their ballots.
On Wednesday, the first official findings start to surface, and Thursday brings more clarity.
Israeli television stations release their estimates of the election results after the polls shut, and these estimates are frequently close to the official results but not exactly.
Agencies.
The candidates in Israel seek help from the voters: voter turnout
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