JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to galvanise supporters into voting in Israel's parliamentary election by playing up the ...
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to galvanise supporters into voting in Israel's parliamentary election by playing up the prospects of his strongest rival, an ex-general who has pledged clean government, to deny him a fifth term.
"Many Likud supporters haven't voted yet. The hour is late but not too late," Netanyahu wrote."I ask all of you to mobilise and bring your families and friends to the ballot box." During the campaign, the rival parties accused each other of corruption, fostering bigotry and being soft on security. Commenting on the Israeli election, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in the West Bank:"We hope they choose the just path, in the right direction, to reach out for peace."Election Day is an official holiday in Israel, and Netanyahu paid a visit to the Mediterranean seashore near Tel Aviv to urge beach-goers to head to the polling stations and vote for him.
The Central Elections Committee put overall turnout, some four hours before the polls close, at 2.5 percent lower than at the same time during the previous national ballot in 2015.
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