The last line of Election Day: Israeli citizens continue to go to the polls today (Tuesday) to elect the 24th Knesset, which will hopefully also call for the formation of a new government. As of the last update to the Election Commission, by 12:00, 25.4% voted – a decrease of 2.2% compared to the previous elections in 2020. In the coming hours, politicians are expected to pick up gear in their call for citizens to go out and vote, and they are likely to go out with Gevald calls to incentivize their supporters.
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ongoing updates
20:10: TV reviewers Mano Geva and Camille Fox promised “a dramatic sample that has not been seen for many years.” Geva added that the turnout in the Arab sector was low.
20:00: Up to this moment, 305 voters have voted at Ben Gurion Airport.
19:50: Update until 19:30: Total transfers to verified patients (out of 6,700 patients) by Bon Tor performed up to this moment: 1,550 patients. For insulators – used (from 22,000) by a divorce company – ceremonial: 1,350 +200 travel is currently underway.
19:40: Naftali Bennett attacked Netanyahu following the shooting to the south: “Bibi is weak against Hamas. I wish Netanyahu would have fought Hamas the way he fought me. Hamas laughs at Netanyahu’s weakness. They fired a Grad rocket near Be’er Sheva while Bibi visited there. Bibi submissive to Hamas In the Negev. Bibi is submissive to the justice system. ”
19:30: Following the rocket fire on the south, Defense Minister Ganz stopped the telephone incentives held at the party headquarters and held a security consultation. Gideon Saar attacked Netanyahu: “In the 2009 election campaign, Netanyahu promised to overthrow Hamas rule in Gaza. Now he has given Hamas vaccines without even standing a sign of life from our illegally detained citizens in Gaza and without accepting the bodies of our martyrs who fell in the ‘solid cliff.’ That they make fun of him and us. “
19:20: Launch of the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory: An open-air warning was issued near Be’er Sheva while Netanyahu was in the city.
19:05: The turnout as of 6 p.m. stands at 51.5%, compared to 56.3% at the same time in the previous election. 3,384,482 people have voted so far.
19:00: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the video: “We are in trouble. The turnout in the Likud strongholds is not high enough. I ask you to text all your friends. The Likud members must be expelled from voting. The Likud turnout must rise in order for us to win the election. Three more hours remain.”
18:50: MK Yair Golan (Meretz): “Do not listen to Michaeli and Lapid, Meretz is still in real danger. They are trying to put you to sleep and build on Meretz’s seats. Meretz must move so that Ben Gvir and Netanyahu will not be 61 “.
18:30: Gideon Saar posted a video: “Netanyahu is close to the 61st mandate. Go out and vote!”.
18:10: The chairman of the Labor Party, MK Merav Michaeli, in response to Yair Lapid’s remarks: “Yair is right, the small parties have all come out of the danger zone, so now is the time to go with the heart and vote for who you and you truly believe in – put truth in the ballot box. “The only one who is committed to your truth. This is the only note that will not disappoint you. Trust me.”
17:50: A white brush was given in response to Lapid’s words and a message sent from below has a future: “After abandoning the bloc and not taking care of connections, Lapid began distributing Pike News. It does not matter if Lapid has 20 seats or 22 seats – it does matter if Blue and White does not pass the blocking percentage. “There will be no one to stop Bibi’s sole rule in the transitional government. The public must know – if Blue and White or Meretz do not pass the blocking percentage, there is a real danger that Netanyahu will have 61 seats and an immunity government. A note to Yesh Atid is a note to Bibi.”
The dirty Pike News of Yesh Atid endangers the future of the camp – one must vote “yes”! pic.twitter.com/RxcHZHv6zT
– Benny Gantz – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) March 23, 2021
17:30: Gideon Saar toured Rishon Lezion:
Gideon Saar (Photo: Yoav Dodkevich)17:20: Chairman of Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid in a statement to the media in the Knesset elections: “A quick summary of the facts as they arise from our Knesset that all the bloc parties are rising. Now we must have a great future if we want to change government. The discussion about who passes who does not pass is over, the discussion is now how to change government with a great future, go and vote. “
17:10: The turnout as of 4 p.m. stands at 42.3%, compared to 47% at the same time in the previous election. 2,782,010 people have voted so far. As of 4:00 PM, the percentage of voters in the IDF was 69%.
IDF elections (Photo: IDF Spokesman)16:50: Yair Lapid arrived on an election tour in Tel Aviv:
Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv (Photo: Avshalom Shashoni)16:40: Central Election Commission Announcement: A total of about 6,700 verified patients with the right to vote, used the “Bon-Tor” company, which has been made available to them so far for about 1,200 patients for voting, and currently about 250 more trips are being made. – 22,000 isolated people, with the right to vote, used the services of the transportation system that the committee made available to them – “ceremonial divorce”, 1012 isolated people. “Get – Ceremonies” currently performs about 100 shuttles.
16:30: Merav Michaeli broadcast on social media: “To replace Netanyahu you need 61 seats. It does not matter if there is a large party or a small party. It is a coalition. On the other hand, it matters which seats will be in sixty-one and whether seats will have values like Labor or seats that you “I do not agree with you. The strategic calculations are determined by what you are trying to guess what the election results will be. It is a pity to try to find out. Force it with your truth. Trust yourself.”
16:20: Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed Likud Knesset members to now go south to raise the low turnout, he claims, in Likud strongholds.
16:10: Gideon Saar: “Let no one work for our voters that he does not pass the blocking percentage, and we need to help him, vote for him for other reasons because otherwise oh oh oh .. everyone passes the blocking percentage – everything is fine! But there is only one note that can make a difference in the country is note T! If new hope is strong, there will be a change of gratitude to continue with all our might. ‘
4:00 pm: Ayelet Shaked (right) posted a video: “Friends, I’m worried! Our people, are pressed by the shouts of the Guild and vote T in the thousands. Follow your heart and vote B!”
Friends, I’m worried!
Our people, are pressed by the shouts of the Guild and vote for T in the thousands.
Follow your heart and vote B! pic.twitter.com/0bM92NRx3UAyelet Shaked (@Ayelet__Shaked) March 23, 2021
15:50: About 100,000 hikers took advantage of the Sabbath day for a walk in the nature reserves and national parks, despite the scorching weather and haze.
15:40: Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived on an election tour of the Bat Yam promenade.
Netanyahu on a tour of the Bat Yam promenade (Photo: Likud spokeswoman)15:30: The turnout as of 14:00 stands at 34.6%. This is a decrease of about four percent compared to the corresponding hour in the previous elections. 2,278,032 have voted so far.
15:20: The police said: Since the morning hours, point-by-point incidents of prohibited election propaganda in the vicinity of polling stations, and spot-on riots have been dealt with throughout the country.
15:10: The Minister of Defense and the chairman of the Blue and White address to the public from the Blue and White Elections Committee: “I need you. Go out and vote for me There are not many more hours. I fight for every voice. ‘
During the morning, a low turnout was recorded among Corona patients. The committee’s director general, Adv. Orly Adas, said that “so far only 880 have traveled and voted out of about 6,700 verified patients registered with the Ministry of Health.” As for the isolators: “About 1,030 were registered for transportation, 670 traveled.” At Ben Gurion Airport, it updated that only 41 voters voted.
Throughout the day, there were complaints about election disruptions. Among other things about hiding and issuing notes of certain parties. The police said that so far there have been isolated and spotty cases that have been dealt with since the morning hours, including investigating suspicions of vote-rigging in several centers around the country and spotted riots and propaganda events that have been handled by the police near polling stations.
Few cases of violence were also recorded, such as in Beit Shemesh, where eggs and other objects were thrown at police officers stationed at polling stations in the city, one of which hit a police officer. Earlier, a report was received of a graffiti address directed against a public official near the polling station in Tel Aviv. A report was forwarded to the local authority that deleted the address and police opened an investigation.