Netanyahu rallies Likud voters with megaphone in shopping mall
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged voters to back his Likud party in the final minutes before polls close, warning, ‘If you don’t go and vote, we will lose’. His appeal comes as Israel records its highest election turnout in 50 years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Israelis to vote “the right way” on Tuesday as he cast his ballot in Jerusalem, facing a close-fought race in a pivotal general election. Israelis are flocking to the polls for the first time since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, with a deeply divided electorate delivering their verdict on the veteran leader.
The first exit polls from Israel’s elections showed the opposition bloc with a slight edge over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp as voting ended Tuesday, but still shy of an outright majority in the 120-seat Knesset. The following is a party-by-party breakdown of the projected seat count in the first exit polls: Pro-Netanyahu camp Likud, right-wing, led by Benjamin Netanyahu: 24 or 25 Otzma Yehudit, far-right, led by Itamar Ben Gvir: 6 or 7 United Torah Judaism, Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox, led by Yaakov Asher: 6 or 7 Shas, Sephardic ultra-Orthodox, led by Aryeh Deri: 6 to 8 Religious…
In one social media post, PM Netanyahu accused Arab voters of 'raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections'.
Voters in Israel are heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide an election that could determine whether Netanyahu will remain the country's prime minister (and affect the outcome of the corruption charges against him). Carter Sherman speaks to Julian Borger, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, about how these four elections could reshape the political world order in just 10 days, and why the upcoming US midterm elections are the biggest test for global democracy.
A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s rightward drift. In the years since October 7, Netanyahu led multiple wars that have seen Israeli forces reduce Gaza to rubble, occupy southern Lebanon and, for the first time, pummel arch-foe Iran with US help.
Industries Minister says issues that had remained unresolved for decades were addressed, and measures were being undertaken to alleviate traffic congestion at Bellary Chowrasta, while 900 new electricity poles will be installed throughout the city