While Netanyahu and Lapid are wrestling with the key to Balfour, the decision may fall to the bottom • At work, in March, in blue and white and in religious Zionism, everything is given in the remaining two days - to survive the blocking percentage. Update
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Most of the Likud's efforts are directed at commenting on the ground and getting voters to the polls tomorrow.
The party's concern is from a low turnout, which is mainly due to attrition and lack of interest due to a fourth election campaign and voting within the Corona restrictions.
In the Likud, Jaffa has cities that are considered "Likud," such as Bat Yam, Holon and Be'er Sheva, with low voting rates, where they will concentrate most of their efforts.
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By tomorrow, the party plans to complete the "Likudat" project, in which they will knock on 110,000 doors of potential voters and convince them to go to the polls.
Over the weekend, 200 coordinators came to synagogues, mainly in religious population centers in Jerusalem, Raanana, Givat Shmuel and Petah Tikva, and tried to persuade Bennett voters to vote for the Likud.
The party will operate on Election Day an upgraded shuttle system for people who want to get to the polls but have difficulty doing so.
In addition to 1,000 salaried drivers, the party has closed a NIS 200,000 contract with Get Teksi to operate a taxi service throughout the country to transport voters.
The party will operate a telephone system with 2,600 activists who will encourage voters by telephone.
Of the party's election budget, which stands at about NIS 40 million, the area's budget stands at NIS 8 million, of which NIS 3.5 million is allocated for Election Day itself.
The budget of the area headquarters is low compared to the previous election round, when it was NIS 21 million.
A senior party official tells Israel Today: "There is great uncertainty from many directions. We do not know how many right-wing votes will go to Bennett and Saar who say they will go with Lapid, we do not know what the turnout will be. If it is low it hurts us. People are tired "Elections, after Corona, and there is a fear that they will not go to the polls. It will not be a simple battle."
The party has a future giving a final push among the gathering and in the pursuit of the undecided, in order to reduce as much as possible the gap from the Likud that has been reflected in all the polls to date.
Bish Atid estimates the percentage of seats that the undecided are worth no less than ten - more or less the difference between them and the Likud in the polls.
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Today and tomorrow, the party intends to invest in favor of so many in the city of Tel Aviv, whose turnout is considered low in the country, and knows that the profile of the residents matches the nature of the party itself.
The goal is to encourage them to go to the polls.
Last night, Bish Atid sent 40 propaganda skimmers, which lit up the sky in shapes and addresses from their election campaign.
The skimmers created in the colors of Yesh Atid's campaign the orange circle symbolizing the sunrise, the ballot paper with the letters "here" and the words "Torch has a future 2021" and "Let sanity win".
Although the chairman, MK Yair Lapid, sounds relatively quiet and conciliatory in the current campaign in TV studios and in general, compared to previous systems, the party explains that this time they understood that it is not necessary to address the general population with general speeches, but to 'target' voters by interests.
This means a continued online characterization of potential voters, also in the next two days.
The goal is that according to the characterization of Internet consumption, voters will get the topics that interest them.
In addition, Bish Atid continues to operate a team of thousands of skilled activists, who will also patrol the area on Election Day and take great care of the party's visibility in the field and signage in as many places as possible.
In the latest news, a right-wing party led by Naftali Bennett will invest most of its resources in attacking the area, with an emphasis on cities affiliated with the Likud party, in order to get Netanyahu votes back.
Dozens of home circles, meetings and tours of markets, malls and shopping centers are planned for the party's candidates - in order to meet as many people as possible and convince the undecided.
At the same time, at the right-wing headquarters, Chamal has set up telephones from which thousands of calls are made daily to potential voters.
At the level of messages, the campaign will focus on two levels - refuting Netanyahu and the Likud's claim that Bennett will go into a rotating government with Yair Lapid, alongside focusing an effort on new voters who are losing momentum.
In the internal polls of the right, the state of new hope is negative from what is presented in the media, so Bennett identifies potential in a direct and aggressive campaign for storm voters under the message: "Storm is irrelevant, the only alternative in the national camp is right."
Following the Netanyahu and Smutrich plan unveiled yesterday in Israel Today, in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to empower the chairman of Religious Zionism and help him leapfrog in the number of seats at Bennett's expense, the chairman of the right intends to act in a targeted manner toward the national religious sector.
As part of the preparations for the last line, Bennett's strategic advisor, who has been accompanying the campaign for the past few months, George Birnbaum, has landed in Israel.
Birnbaum, the cultivator of the mythological adviser Arthur Finkelstein, is a well-known figure of Prime Minister Netanyahu. The two worked together in the campaign in which Netanyahu was elected prime minister.
Gideon Saar's new hope party is transmitting optimism in the latest news.
The party claims that unlike the polls, there are many voters for the party who, because of their commitment and belonging to the Likud, are afraid to say that they are voting for the party, but behind the curtain this is what they intend to do.
The party is preparing for Election Day in terms of the field in everything related to it, 7,000 activists and volunteers will work on election day on behalf of the party in everything related to staffing polling stations, persuasion points, telephone lectures and a system of transportation to polling stations.
In the last few days of the campaign, the messages are aimed with new hope, mainly at liberal secular voters who are identified with Yair Lapid's target audience.
In widely circulated emails, the party focused on issues such as promising to fight religious coercion and opening supermarkets in secular cities, regulating and regulating the cannabis market, gay community rights and a liberal economy.
Another message that is being sharpened with new hope is against Naftali Bennett, claiming that it will go with Netanyahu.
Saar wrote on his Twitter account: "I appeal to anyone who wants change - if you vote for the same parties you voted for in previous times - Netanyahu will remain. Give me the power and I will bring Bennett together to form a change government of the right and the center that will replace Netanyahu."
Party officials told Israel Today that "our mayors and council members tell us that people are afraid to say they are voting for us. There are over ten undecided seats. We will be the surprise of the election."
In the joint list, they began a massive information campaign among the base of confident voters in the Arab sector.
This is in view of the polls predicting for the joint list a decrease of almost half of its electoral power, from 15 seats in its Knesset - 23 to only 8 seats in the elections to the 24th Knesset.
The joint list, which recently added as a fourth component to the list the Ma'an party led by Muhammad Darawshe who withdrew from the race, emphasizes that the message conveyed is "every voice is important".
The main goal is to bring to the polls as many votes as possible from the sector in light of its constant strengthening in the polls of the RAAM party led by Mansour Abbas, which has split from the joint list and is running head to head with the joint list of potential voters.
The fact that the joint list builds on the base votes of voters in the Arab sector, which is mostly conservative and traditional, has meant that unlike previous campaigns, this time almost completely abandoned the appeal to the progressive left-wing electorate that is not part of Arab society.
As you may recall, one of the great achievements of the joint list in the elections to the 23rd Knesset was that it received close to one and a half to two seats from the general sector, and became the third largest party with 15 seats.
This is because it has managed to brand itself as a list that places great emphasis on the values of the liberal left, that is: to brand itself in a way that is not perceived as sectoral-sectoral.
Shas is considered the most organized party in terms of operating the field. In the last three election campaigns and one more in the local authorities, Shas has developed technological and digital means that help it reach almost every family and potential voter.
In the last two months, the party has developed a private app into which a large number of potential voters have been added, and also allows tracking of supporters who have already voted and especially those who have not yet.
The party headquarters is organized so that the pyramid is headed by Aryeh Deri, under him is Haim Bitton, the director of the election campaign, and then seven regional directors, each in charge of 15 cities.
Beyond that, there are staffs dedicated to young people, immigrants and women.
The party will employ no less than 15 paid activists and volunteers on election day itself.
They are stationed, among other things, at the polling stations and lecture halls outside, in a telephony system that will encourage voters, and in the transportation system for those who need help getting to the polls.
Aryeh Deri and Yaakov will sit at the party headquarters on Mount Hotzvim, following the graphs and data that will be transferred from the area to the party headquarters.
In the last election, Shas won about 353,000 votes and the goal is to keep those votes and of course bring in more votes, much of which depends on the voting rate and the calculation of seats.
Haim Bitton, CEO of the movement and director of the election campaign, says that "it feels good but not to be confused, it is impossible to believe the polls both when they were against us and this time when they give me bigger numbers than last time.
I feel the area is hot and burning. "
The elections take place during the "between the times" period - a holiday for yeshiva students in preparation for Passover.
For Torah Judaism, this is a great advantage, since tens of thousands of yeshiva students will take advantage of the vacation time for work for the party.
The party is divided to work with the Hassidic and Lithuanian sectors.
Efforts are being made against all the storks and against the various rebbe who will call on the public to go out and vote. In front of the Lithuanian public, the activists have been divided into clusters, and each activist is responsible for bringing about 300 families to the polls.
Those who are still supposed to help are the heads of the meetings themselves, as it was not possible to hold large political conventions.
In the shadow of the corona restrictions, the heads of the yeshivot have recently become conference organizers themselves, who have excited and energized the students ahead of the vote.
The party says that in the end, contrary to the extended media coverage of the phenomenon, they do not believe that many ultra-Orthodox will move to Smutrich.
Torah Judaism last time collected 273,000 votes.
This time, the party estimates, they are missing another 5,000 votes to reach the eighth seat.
"Difficult, but possible" as they define it.
MK Yitzhak Pindros told Israel Today that "contrary to what is thought, this time the struggle is not 'Yes Bibi no Bibi'.
In the last days left before the elections, the Yisrael Beiteinu party campaign continues to focus on Avigdor Lieberman's commitment to replace Netanyahu's regime.
At the same time, the party stresses that they will work to form a government without the ultra-Orthodox with other priorities, promote marriage and civil divorce, open businesses and operate public transport on Saturday, and a commitment to address the economic crisis as a result of Corona's year.
Over the weekend, Lieberman again attacked the ultra-Orthodox and their statements, especially towards the Russian sector.
The party, whose internal polls predict a double-digit number of seats, is aimed at the secular public that did not vote in previous elections.
According to their survey, in about 30 localities with a secular majority, there are more than a million Israelis who did not vote, and the party is pinning its hopes on their votes.
Also, efforts continue to be focused on the Russian sector, especially the older one, which is considered a loyal voting audience that also does not usually participate in polls.
Therefore, his views are not reflected in the results of external polls, which give Israel Beiteinu an average of only six to seven seats.
On Election Day, the chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu will tour the party's headquarters and be impressed by the recent efforts of activists and Knesset members among voters.
The Labor Party is trying to ride on the momentum of the chairman, MK Merav Michaeli, although it has calmed down a bit in recent weeks' polls, and to attract old and new leftists in an attempt to maximize the rehabilitation it is undergoing.
"Michaeli's election to head the party has taken the job," a party source was convinced in a conversation with Israel Today.
"We are seeing a large turnout among many women and audiences in the Israeli population."
Michaeli and the members of the list "do Israel", and try to meet as many citizens as possible.
A major emphasis can be on convincing kibbutz members to return to work.
Headquarters activists scatter signs, stickers, leaflets and even T-shirts in the various cities.
"The kibbutz movement and the entire working class settlement are an integral part of the Labor Party," says Michaeli.
"I met with the members of the kibbutzim all over the country, in order to reconnect them with the Labor Party. It is time to stop the harassment that the kibbutz movement has been going through on the right for years."
On Election Day, Chamal will open at the party's headquarters, where they will analyze the vote and manage the motivational, telephony and information systems teams, which will lead the significant activity to motivate and persuade across all digital platforms.
In blue and white there is a real fear that they will not succeed in the blocking percentage, despite attempts to convey that things are working as usual.
The party will continue for the next two days with the threatening message that "this is Gantz in the Knesset - or Bibi forever."
The party believes that the intimidation campaign they seek to produce will attract frightened citizens to the polls and save the party.
However, at the moment there are those who actually believe that the "intimidation campaign" that speaks of Netanyahu's rule "forever" - was perceived as not serious and childish.
Yesterday, too, the chairman, Bnei Gantz, continued the series of interviews in which he tried to defend his party, which was abandoned by nine MKs. He made it clear that there will be no white-brush defectors, as far as things depend on him.
The party does not like to hear the discourse about potential defectors, and tries to focus the messages on Netanyahu's rule, which means that it must be brought to an end, and put themselves in a position of persuasion.
"In order not to be worse, blue and white must be voted for," they recite.
Despite the unflattering polls, in blue and white hope to surprise and add to themselves seats from the Labor Party disappointed.
Recent attempts there have focused on attracting supporters of the work, calling on the disappointed to come "to a new home".
Until the finish line, religious Zionism will continue to focus on field activities, signposted at intersections, bridges and other central locations.
The party is pinning its hopes on the "ambassador" program, in which every community, institution, synagogue, preparatory school and yeshiva has coordinators working to reach a potential electorate.
Each such coordinator is called an ambassador, and he must enter the details of potential voters in a dedicated application based on regions in the country, localities, task nuclei, heads of institutions, yeshiva graduates and seminaries.
It is the ambassador's responsibility to talk to them in person and make sure they get to the polls to vote.
At the same time, Jewish power, which ran with religious Zionism, intends to continue to emphasize the fact that the only chance for the formation of a 61-headed government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is through the seats of religious Zionism.
The party will also emphasize the fact that Bennett refuses to rule out a cabinet meeting with Lapid and Merav Michaeli, and that a vote for Bennett could transfer right-wing votes to a government with the left, and only a vote for religious Zionism is a sure note for Netanyahu-led right-wing government.
They will also emphasize that for this reason, even those who are considering voting otherwise, should vote for religious Zionism in order to guarantee 61 fingers for Netanyahu.
At the same time, they will continue to emphasize the demand of Adv. Itamar Ben Gvir to accept the position of Minister of Defense of the Negev and Galilee in the next government, while presenting the details of the comprehensive plan of Jewish power to eradicate crime and terrorism in the south.
In the field, in the Ben Gvir headquarters, dozens of field teams will tour today and tomorrow, filling the Negev, the Galilee and the center with thousands of signs.
In addition, information booths will be set up in dozens of major centers around the country, and activists have also been instructed to explain that only with religious Zionism can a right-wing government be formed.
Alongside this, hundreds of female and male volunteers were recruited for a telephony set up at the party headquarters, which will focus in the next two days on convincing thousands of undecided and thus try to ensure that religious Zionism is large and strong and a 61-member government is formed.
It is customary to say of Meretz that it is a party of privileges, but electorally it is everything but that.
The Left Party, which surprised the 1992 election, is fighting for its life and this time is using a friend-brings-friend tactic.
Not one, not two - but three.
Each party voter must convince three undecided.
The move is based on strategies tried in the Georgia Senate election and is considered one of the decisive factors in the country's democratic victory.
To this end, Meretz provided participants with a unique kit with technological tools and goal arguments.
At the same time, Meretz increased its activity in the Arab sector.
Tomorrow, about 1,000 Meretz activists and volunteers will go to the polls around the country.
The RAAM party, led by MK Mansour Abbas, is encouraged by the strengthening in recent polls, according to which the party will pass the blocking percentage.
The RAAM is encouraged by the fact that while the joint list decreased in the number of seats in the polls, the RAAM party actually strengthened as the election date approached.
It is also emphasized that the decision to deal head-to-head with the joint list of Arab sector votes was a strategy that has proven itself in the meantime.
Similar to the joint list campaign, RAAM's campaign also focuses on the base of voters in the Arab sector, while almost completely neglecting the media channels, social networks and messages in the Hebrew language. A senior RAAM official told Israel Today: "This is a brilliant strategy that has led Rabbi Abbas, and despite the criticism - the move proves itself.
We invest all our energy in the Arab public.
Why should the average Arab citizen who was disappointed with the joint list vote for Meretz, which is a left-wing Zionist party?
We provide an alternative to the Arab electorate that is interested in influencing. "
In recent days, party representatives have been plowing Arab localities and cities and encouraging their potential voters to vote for the RAAM. RAAM regrets on its banner principles of religious observance, along with opposition to liberal laws, including support for the rights of the LGBT community and a ban on conversion therapies.
Although it does not pass the blocking percentage in polls, the Economic Party continues to strongly argue that "Internet polls are a pike," and that they are running to the end and showing confidence that there will be a surprise election.
The party's chairman, Yaron Zelicha, is appointing himself finance minister and Masaria is focusing on lowering the cost of living, while fighting "tycoons and monopolies". While relying on his experience as former accountant general, Zelicha promises that as finance minister "market prices will be 25% lower From current prices, "and that" on his first day "as finance minister he will make three dramatic moves: repeal the Capital Investment Encouragement Law, dismantle the gas monopoly and impose controls on its prices and abolish import quotas on cosmetics and pharma products.
At this point the party headquarters is operating on two levels: gathering supporters and preparing their incentive system for the polls.
The goal is to reach about 200,000 "marked" supporters who can energize on Tuesday.
At the technical level, the party is preparing for attendance, among other things, with paint at the polls, branded vehicles and shirts.
Participated in the preparation of the article: Yehuda Schlesinger, Yair Altman, Daniel Roth-Avnery, Yuri Yalon, Dan Lavie, Daniel Sirioti and Efrat Forsher