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Netanyahu and Smotrich Hold Emergency Meeting Amid High Voter Turnout
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich held an emergency meeting with local leaders on election day to boost voter turnout for the "National Camp." They expressed concern over high turnout in rival sectors and the risk of votes being lost to parties failing to pass the electoral threshold.
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What happened
- 01Netanyahu and Smotrich held an emergency meeting to boost "National Camp" voter turnout on election day.
- 02Officials warned that high turnout could cause votes to be lost to parties failing the electoral threshold.
- 03Minister Ben-Gvir made public appeals for voters to turn out, citing high Arab sector turnout.
- 04Haredi voter turnout was reported as unusually low compared to other sectors.
- 05Efforts to convince candidate Ofer Winter to withdraw from the race reportedly failed.
- 06New guidelines were issued to speed up voting due to heavy crowding at polling stations.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also made public appeals for voters to turn out. Meanwhile, efforts to convince a potential right-wing candidate, Ofer Winter, to withdraw from the race have reportedly failed.
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