Netanyahu Says Higher Right-Wing Turnout Is Key to Winning Election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Likud faction meeting in Petah Tikva on October 11 that increasing turnout in right-wing strongholds was the key to winning the election. He described the rival blocs as tied at 60 seats each and urged supporters to bring more right-wing voters to the polls. Netanyahu said that securing the three seats he attributed to Winter and Zelekha, alongside higher turnout, would bring victory. He warned that failure would lead to a government involving opposition leaders and Arab parties.