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Smotrich Scraps Campaigning for Emergency Party Meeting Amid Record Voter Turnout
On Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Religious Zionism party leader and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich halted his election day tour to convene an emergency meeting at party headquarters. The decision was prompted by reports of exceptionally high voter turnout in Arab communities and left-leaning areas, which the party claimed reached a 53-year high.
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What happened
- 01Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich canceled his election day tour on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, to hold an emergency party meeting.
- 02The emergency meeting was called in response to record voter turnout in Arab communities and left-leaning areas.
- 03The Religious Zionism party claimed that the voter turnout figures represented a 53-year high.
- 04Smotrich warned that the high turnout left smaller right-wing parties with zero chance of passing the 3.25% electoral threshold.
- 05The party expressed concern that wasted votes for smaller factions could prevent the right-wing bloc from forming a government.
- 06Smotrich urged right-wing voters to act strategically and support only parties guaranteed to enter the Knesset.
Smotrich warned that the surge in turnout posed a dramatic threat to the right-wing bloc, stating that smaller right-wing parties now faced zero chance of passing the 3.25% electoral threshold. He described the situation as an emergency for the national camp, expressing concern that votes cast for smaller factions would be wasted and prevent the right-wing bloc from forming a government.
In response to the high turnout, the Religious Zionism party urged its supporters to go to the polls and vote. Smotrich called on right-wing voters to act with strategic responsibility by consolidating their support behind parties that are guaranteed to enter the Knesset, ensuring a victory for the right-wing bloc.
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