Intense valspurt in Israel - now waiting for an uncertain vote count

It really is time for a shift now, " said Libor Sales to the DN before he went to school in the district of Florentin and put his voice on Benny Gantz and his three ”Blue-white”, Kahol Lavan.

But the israeli electorate is divided. We sit in the car and drive ten minutes away from the exclusive neighborhood of Florentin, where stadsodlingar germinate on the streets and vegorestauranterna is wall-to-wall, Out to the industriförstaden Holon, with high-rise buildings, dusty streets, and a large proportion of immigrants. Here is the ultraordoxa Shass, which sets the tone and who has the most activists in front of the polling stations.

But also the strongest of the ruling party, Likud, will get many votes here. Joseph, who did not want to give his last name) says, emphatically, when he hears that we come from Sweden.

– Sweden! Where dozens of girls are raped every day by muslims. So I don't want it here. That's why I put my vote on Netanyahu.

got an extra vacation day, and many chose to go to the beaches – maybe, but to take the road past the barracks. Benjamin Netanyahu put out a message on twitter in which he called for voters to ”go from the beach, and go out and vote”. ”Otherwise you might wake up in the morning with a leftist prime minister”.

Regardless of whether Netanyahu or Gantz gets the most votes is expected to tricky government negotiations. Israel has always been ruled by koalitionsregeringar. No single party has ever received a majority of the 120 seats in the parliament, the Knesset.

It is likely to be easier for Netanyahu to form a governing coalition than for Gantz. Netanyahu has a closer relationship to other right-wing parties and religious parties. The election results are expected about midnight Swedish time, or hours into the new day.

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