The party estimates that Netanyahu will win, but talks about the possibility that the gap will be smaller than expected and an achievement to storm • Because the vote was conducted manually, the first results are expected only in the morning • No special incidents were recorded throughout the day • All updates

At the end of a tumultuous, literal day, the Likud polls closed on Thursday evening. Those who came to the polls early in the morning struggled with the winds and rains, and throughout the day also had to fight the phones and messages from the headquarters of contenders, who did everything possible to remove those who debated whether to participate in a productive election campaign that aroused Likud members across the country.

When the polls closed, it turned out that the voting percentage was about 50 - a similar percentage to previous election campaigns for mayors. It is still widely believed that Netanyahu will win the contest, but the question of the gap is significant. At Saar headquarters, any result in which candidates receive 30% or more will be considered an achievement, and seems to have a good chance of achieving it.

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In the morning, Sa'ar came to vote with his wife, Geula Stone, at the ballot box in Tel Aviv, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted at noon with his wife at the ballot box in Jerusalem's buildings. By six o'clock in the evening, low voting percentages of 30% compared to 35% in the Likud list last February.

At the polling stations in the center, parties were held with everything needed for elections, flyers, flags, t-shirts and enclosed tents protecting them from the pouring rain, where the crews sat in each city and we talked to the citizens to vote. A particularly low voter turnout in the afternoon was recorded in Judea and Samaria, where there is a large group of Likud functionaries who, in the last week, voted for freedom of voting.

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Netanyahu's headquarters broadcast a major concern during the day because of the stormy weather, which they say leaves supporters, mainly Netanyahu's, at home. In the afternoon, the traditional Gowald campaign, in which Netanyahu's people are calling on voters to reach the polls for fear of results that will hurt the prime minister.

Right now: uncertainty

In both headquarters, it is very difficult to assess the chances of the contestants, as there are not enough tools to assess the results. In Petah Tikva, Mayor Rami Greenberg cleared his day and stood from the opening hours at the ballot box in the city, urging anyone who comes to vote in favor of Netanyahu. From the side of the camp, they stood in the opposite tent and resented "He has no work to do ?!".

Likud officials who arrived on the scene sounded confident of Netanyahu's victory and angry at Sa'ar, Yigal Arnon (62) told Israel today: "Gideon Gideon Sa'ar, right now? Not enough Attorney General against him (against Netanyahu), not enough media to look for him and his family, Instead of supporting and strengthening him, he goes to war against him, what kind of behavior is this the opposite of the Likud, here everyone is friends, all for one another, in the most difficult moments this movement does not break up, one comes from inside and tries to hurt the prime minister, where does such a thing sound "I hope he ends up with 100 votes and leaves for a long time off again."

There were long queues in the Tel Aviv polls in the morning, in the afternoon when the place was expected to empty, but most of the voting on primaries, which is a regular work day, is in the evening. In Tel Aviv, quite a few Gideon Sa'ar supporters could be seen. One of them, Avital, said on the way to the vote "We have lost proportions, we are the last remaining democratic party that makes primaries and people angry about having Democratic running. It makes no sense" for supporting Gideon Sa'ar she says "Needs new blood. Time to vacate the chair. He failed to form a government twice. That may happen for the third time as well. We point to the way, the Likud's way, not one person, no one is bigger than the way. "

Queue for the primaries in the Likud // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Gideon Sa'ar himself was interviewed in the media during the day, saying about Netanyahu's Gawald campaign: "I do not know an election campaign that the prime minister did not use this tactic. We are in an open struggle because Likud members understand that I can break this case. Or those who left. Failed to form a right-wing government or a unity government. Even when he proposed six months in exchange for the government, we saw that we were blocked. "

Netanyahu was also interviewed by Wave Radio, saying, "I want a big, biggest victory for the big victory afterwards. I hear about lots of pike-asses whereby I seem to be attacking, etc., I'm a decent cop. '