Haifa is going to a second round of elections - Yahav Mobil, Etzioni blowing his neck: "The city must change direction" Kalish leads with only 4.5% of the votes - and admitted her loss. Both candidates claim that a defamation campaign was conducted against them in the period leading up to the elections.

"We won the first round by a huge margin, and I intend to increase it and complete a sweeping victory in the second round," said Yahav.