The elections for the 25th Knesset came to an end this evening (Tuesday) with the closing of the polls at 22:00. The election models of the main television channels showed that the Netanyahu bloc ranged from 61-62 mandates. While in the parties of the right-wing bloc the celebrations have already begun, in the “Yesh Atid” party headed by the prime minister, Yair Lapidand in the “State Camp” party led by the Minister of Defense, Benny Gantzmore worried faces.
Prime Minister, Yair Lapidcommented on the first results and said that “this night will last two days, the event will end with the last envelope. We established a government that came to lower the cost of living, we have no intention of stopping, every Israeli citizen should know that we will continue to fight for Israel to remain Jewish and democratic.”
Defense Minister Benny Gantz commented on the results of the polls: “This is our democracy, and the people of Israel and the citizens of Israel have proven that they care about the State of Israel. That it is dear to them. That they see themselves as an inseparable part of it and its future. I thank you for trusting me, thank you for caring I thank Gideon, whose experience and knowledge are a huge asset and I know that our partnership will continue. I thank Gadi, who knew how heavy the price of politics is – and yet chose to join and contribute to the State of Israel in this important field. Thank you for the partnership.”
“A long night and long days ahead of us. We will wait for the results of the truth. Whatever the results of the truth, the path of the state camp – we have just begun. The idea of a broad camp, which is based on the center of the political map and crosses the blocs and tries to connect all parts of society in Israel – is an idea It is important and relevant. We will preserve the state idea, we will continue and consolidate, and we will work to create a broad framework of action that will serve the people of Israel and all citizens of Israel,” he said.
Minister of Tourism, Yoel Razvozovmaintained optimism after the publication of the samples and said: “I agree with Regev that we should wait for the true results, I have already been in the situation of samples more than once and twice, we will wait for the final results, there could be a change here, I also hear from my friends in Likud that they are worried about the rise of Ben Gabir, And what we see in religious Zionism is that there is not a single woman at the celebrations now, this should worry us all, I was in the field, at the polls people cheer for Lapid, he is doing well as prime minister, we saw this expression of confidence in the field.”
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Idan Roll, responded: “Thank you to the huge public that came out and voted there is a future and of course for our mighty territory. Thanks to you we will win – wait for the true results.”
Minister for Social Equality, Member of the Knesset Merav Cohensaid that “we gave a fight in the field with thousands of volunteers, we knew it was close, and at the end there were days when such a result would have seemed close, we will wait for the final results, sometimes hundreds of votes can change the map”.
Minister of Immigration and Absorption of Israel, Pinina Tamno-Sheta: “We have to wait for the true results. There is a swing, the soldiers’ votes have not been counted yet. To entrust the Ministry of Defense to Ben Gvir or Smotrich would be very sad, compared to our two Chiefs of Staff.”
An activist at the “State Camp” headquarters in a conversation with “Maariv”: “There is severe disappointment at the state camp headquarters in the Maccabiah village in Ramat Gan. The sample is very disappointing, in the field the feeling was much better, and I hope the result will be much better,” said the state camp activist. Most of those currently present in the hall, especially many media teams, especially the heads of the list who are waiting for the results to be updated, will only then speak.”