Right-Wing Mobilization Effort Underway Ahead of Election Deadline

The "Yamin Manitzach" (Victorious Right) headquarters, a joint effort by the Likud and Religious Zionism parties, is conducting a major get-out-the-vote campaign in the final hours before polls close for the 26th Knesset elections. According to Yisrael Gantz, the campaign's chairman, approximately 4,500 volunteers and hundreds of buses are mobilized across Israel, particularly in right-wing strongholds, to encourage voters to cast their ballots. Gantz stated in an interview from Jerusalem that the operation aims to significantly increase voter turnout by the 10 PM closing time. "We will bring out tens of thousands," he declared, emphasizing that this is a record number of volunteers for such an operation. He described the effort as a "battle," citing reports of high turnout in the Arab community as a reason for the right-wing bloc to intensify its own efforts. The campaign is concentrating its efforts between 4 PM and 10 PM, the final six hours of voting. Gantz also urged the public to personally encourage family, friends, and neighbors to vote, stating, "This is the time for everyone who sees us to call, to call family members, friends, neighbors, to get them out to vote. Only then will we win."