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Netanyahu and Smotrich Mobilize Religious Zionist Rabbis to Boost Voter Turnout
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met with hundreds of Religious Zionist rabbis on Thursday, October 8, 2026. The meeting was part of a coordinated effort to boost voter turnout for the right-wing bloc in the upcoming elections.
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What happened
- 01Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met with hundreds of Religious Zionist rabbis on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
- 02The meeting aimed to coordinate strategies and establish a joint campaign to increase voter turnout for the right-wing bloc.
- 03Yisrael Gantz, head of the Benjamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council, is leading the voter mobilization initiative.
- 04Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned that a potential left-wing government would evacuate Jewish communities and establish a Palestinian terror state.
- 05A large-scale conference was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem later on Thursday to further mobilize right-wing voters.
- 06The campaign aims to connect political leaders, rabbis, local authority heads, and field activists to secure a right-wing victory.
The initiative, led by Yisrael Gantz, head of the Benjamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council, aims to establish a joint staff connecting political leaders, rabbis, and activists. Gantz was appointed to lead the campaign to mobilize hundreds of thousands of right-wing voters to the polls.
Finance Minister Smotrich warned that the elections would determine Israel's future, claiming a potential left-wing government led by figures like Eizenkot, Lieberman, and Golan would evacuate Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and establish a Palestinian terror state. A larger conference with Netanyahu, Smotrich, and local leaders was scheduled to follow in Jerusalem.
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