Increasing participation in Knesset elections; A threat to Netanyahu's coalition.
Zeinav Farhadi Zringali - IRNA reporter The increase in participation in the elections to the "Knesset" (Israeli Parliament) in the early hours of voting, along with a record turnout unprecedented since 1981, drew the attention of the Hebrew media to its possible consequences for the small parties and the coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to the statistics of Israel's Central Election Commission, the participation rate reached 16.68 percent by 10 am local time in the occupied territories, which shows an increase of 1.68 percent compared to the corresponding period in the previous elections. It was also reported that by then over 1,200,000 people had voted. Irena Jahan.