In addition, 20% preferred holding new elections, while 12% supported a rotation government with Netanyahu. Just 7% favored forming a coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties.
Several media outlets focus their election coverage on the ousting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while others frame the election through its impact on the future of the Middle East.
Eisenkot's campaign on Tuesday started early in the morning at Ofakim and Nir Oz in the Gaza Strip corridor, calling attention to the failures of the past government in preventing October 7.
Near a polling station next to a high school, a woman with a megaphone makes a final effort to convince passersby to vote for her preferred party.
The officers explained that military activity over the past 24 hours has been pointless and is undermining the legitimacy of IDF operations in the area.
ACRI warned that without immediate intervention, the delays could prevent large numbers of Arab voters from exercising their right to vote.
Even if they cannot vote, Diaspora Jews told the Post they are “terrified” that the outcome of elections could have an impact far beyond Israel’s borders.
The order followed a petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel over concerns that the party was violating a High Court of Justice ruling.
Security personnel noticed a suspicious object protruding from beneath the coat of a man in his 20s from Jerusalem, standing near Golan. He was detained, and a knife was found in his possession.
Barred from using voter-tracking apps inside polling stations, parties including Likud and United Torah Judaism stationed activists outside to ask voters to identify themselves and log their turnout.
Some voters interviewed in Jerusalem reflected that shift. “I just know I don’t want Bibi,” said a woman in Mahane Yehuda who is leaning toward Bennett, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.
