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Israel recorded its highest voter turnout since 1973, with nearly 45% of eligible voters casting ballots by 2 pm amid a tight contest between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot.
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00:00Good evening, you're watching NewsTrack and I'm Geeta Mohan.
00:04Now, Israel is casting its vote.
00:06The country is voting in its first parliamentary election
00:08since the 7th October 2023 Hamas-led attacks,
00:12with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a major test
00:16of his political standing amid calls from centrist rivals
00:20for a change in leadership.
00:22But the outcome may not become clear as soon as the polling ends.
00:26Israel's electoral system means that forming a government
00:30depends not just on the votes parties receive,
00:33but also on their ability to build alliances
00:35and secure a majority in Parliament.
00:38So far, voter turnout has reached its highest level
00:42at this stage of an election since 1973,
00:45with 45% of eligible voters casting their ballots by around 2pm.
00:51That is significantly higher than the 38.9% recorded
00:55at the same time during the 2022 election.
00:58The latest figures have also surpassed previous records
01:02for turnout by 2pm set in 1988.
01:06Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu has urged his supporters to vote,
01:10warning that Arab voters were turning out in large numbers.
01:14Gandhi Isencourt's Yashar party, meanwhile,
01:17has accused Netanyahu of undermining public confidence
01:21in the election with unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.
01:25It is a high-stakes electoral battle
01:28and the outcome could have implications far beyond Israel's borders.
01:32Before I bring in my colleague,
01:34Pranav Padhi and voices who know Israel politics very well,
01:38here's a report on what this election means
01:41and how it's panning out.
01:50He's Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister.
02:02A leader who has defined and dominated Israeli politics for decades.
02:07But now Benjamin Netanyahu is facing one of the biggest tests.
02:13We can't leave this campaign to the left and the Arab parties
02:17that want to bring an end to the Jewish state.
02:26Amid a war in West Asia,
02:28Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political survival.
02:33His Likud party and its far-right allies
02:36are taking on an opposition bloc
02:38that includes the Yashar party,
02:40led by IDF chief Gadi Isencourt.
02:50These are critical elections.
02:53Victory is not in the bag.
02:55We are facing the most critical day,
02:58perhaps since the founding of the state.
03:00I call on all Israeli citizens to go out and vote.
03:04Do not be discouraged by the heat or the disruptions.
03:08Stay focused on the mission
03:10to replace the worst government
03:12since the state has founded.
03:14Tonight.
03:22This is Israel's first national election
03:26since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks.
03:30And with the country deeply divided over security,
03:34the war, corruption, rising cost of living
03:37and Netanyahu's leadership,
03:39the stakes could hardly be higher.
03:42It is being dubbed as the most crucial elections
03:45in Israel's history.
03:48Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad
03:51are also returning home to cast their votes.
03:58We hope that the right will win.
03:59But people need to go vote.
04:01Right now, it doesn't look that way.
04:05There is some pressure in the air with this election
04:08and how it will end,
04:09but God willing, we have faith in him
04:11that with our efforts, we will emerge as winners.
04:17So how do elections work in Israel?
04:20Israel's elections are not fought by individual candidates,
04:22but by political parties.
04:25Israel's parliament is called the Knesset.
04:28It has 120 seats
04:29and a government generally needs the support
04:32of at least 61 members to command a majority.
04:35Israel follows a proportional representation system,
04:39which means parties win seats
04:41according to their share of the vote.
04:43No single party has ever governed alone,
04:46making coalition building central to Israeli politics.
04:50And with neither Netanyahu's camp
04:52nor the opposition expected
04:54to easily secure a majority,
04:56the real battle may begin
04:58after the votes are counted.
05:00Weeks and months of negotiations could follow.
05:03If no viable government emerges,
05:06Israel could even face another election.
05:11This election is being considered
05:13as the most defining election
05:15of the electoral history of Israel.
05:18And in fact, that is the reason
05:20why there is so much of attraction
05:23regarding this election in Israel.
05:26And you can see the presence
05:27of the media outlets as well.
05:29You can see the presence
05:30of security personnel also there.
05:33And see, the white bus you see
05:35at the end of this road
05:36and behind that bus
05:39is the polling station.
05:40And people are not allowed,
05:42especially the media,
05:43is not allowed close to that place
05:45because of the security reasons.
05:49Israeli broadcasters will publish exit polls
05:51after the votes are cast.
05:53These will give some indications
05:55of the direction of voting.
05:59Preliminary results are expected on Wednesday
06:02while official results are due by November 4th.
06:05Turnout is also a key factor.
06:08Participation has already reached
06:10its highest level at this point
06:11on election day in over four decades.
06:14But this election is not just a test for Netanyahu.
06:18It also has implications
06:19for U.S. President Donald Trump.
06:22Trump has endorsed Netanyahu
06:24days ahead of U.S. midterms
06:26with Iran and regional security
06:28among the key issues in the campaign.
06:30Today I'm delighted to welcome Israeli...
06:32He's done a very good job as prime minister
06:34under very trying conditions.
06:38The endorsement suggests
06:40that two leaders could restart
06:41their war against Iran if he wins.
06:44after Trump said
06:45they should finish the job.
06:50While a victory could give the two leaders
06:52a fresh mandate
06:53to pursue their regional priorities,
06:55a Netanyahu defeat could complicate
06:58that relationship.
07:00All eyes are now on the results.
07:03Will Bibi win the ballot battle?
07:05Or will he have to bid bye-bye?
07:08With Pranay Upadhyay,
07:10Intel Aviv, Bureau Report, India Today.
07:22And some breaking news
07:24coming in from Israel.
07:26Likud Party leader
07:27Prime Minister Netanyahu
07:28has asked Israel's election commission
07:31to extend the time beyond 10 p.m.
07:34Remember 10 p.m.
07:35is when voting ends
07:36and voting closes in Israel.
07:40But given the percentage,
07:42given the voter turnout
07:43from the Arab community,
07:45it's Prime Minister Netanyahu
07:46who is now urging voters
07:48to come out and vote
07:49in a video that he released.
07:51He claims this is war for the home.
07:54This is real emergency.
07:57Huge lines at polling stations
07:58in the Arab sector.
08:00If we don't wake up now,
08:02we'll find ourselves
08:03with the government
08:04of Mansoor Abbas and Ahmed TV.
08:08These are Arab leaders in Israel.
08:10The future of our Jewish state
08:12hangs in balance.
08:13Go out and vote right now.
08:16That's the big message
08:17that's coming in
08:18from Prime Minister Netanyahu.
08:20Even as Israel continues to vote
08:22and he's seeking an extension,
08:25his party is seeking an extension
08:27of the voting time beyond 10 p.m.
08:31My colleague Pranay Upadhyay,
08:32who has been getting us
08:34regular dispatches from the ground,
08:36is joining me for more on this.
08:38Pranay, I hope your throat
08:40is doing better than before.
08:42But tell us about this big news,
08:46about would you consider this fear-mongering
08:50by Prime Minister Netanyahu
08:51where he says the Arab leaders
08:53would be forming government
08:56should there not be an extension
08:57and should people not go out and vote?
09:01Thank you for asking about my throat, Gita.
09:03But these are minor issues
09:04when you go on ground
09:06to cover high-voltage election
09:07and coverage assignments.
09:09But having said that,
09:11as you rightly said,
09:13the Likud Party has requested
09:14for the extension of polling timings,
09:17but the election committee,
09:19the election commission equivalent of Israel
09:20has not decided anything on that as yet.
09:23Because there is still time
09:25and voters still have time
09:26to go and cast their vote.
09:28But certainly a big voter turnout
09:29in the electoral history of Israel,
09:33especially in recent years
09:36or recent decades.
09:37Since 1973,
09:38this is the highest voter turnout so far.
09:41And people are still in queue
09:42and a large number of voters
09:44are still going to polling stations
09:47and casting their vote.
09:48And if you have seen the statement
09:50coming out from Prime Minister
09:52Benjamin Netanyahu,
09:53there is some degree of nervousness.
09:54There is some degree of last-ditch effort.
09:57He is trying to address
09:58to his constituency,
09:59his voters,
10:00that this is your last chance
10:03to come in big numbers,
10:04vote for Likud Party.
10:06Because right now,
10:07the anxiety is being felt
10:09in the political spectrum of Israel.
10:11A lot of things have happened
10:13post-7th of October
10:14in terms of the Arab-Jew political equation,
10:18in terms of the security arrangements
10:22and security apparatus
10:23and the entire thought process
10:25in the Jewish state.
10:27And that is the reason that
10:28the people of Israel
10:30are at crossroads
10:31that which way to go
10:32and who is going to ensure
10:33the safety, security
10:34and then secure the borders of Israel.
10:36So these are the larger questions
10:37people are coming out
10:38and voting in big numbers.
10:40Besides that,
10:41the larger issue
10:41of the higher cost,
10:43when you talk to common people here,
10:45Gugita,
10:45people are mentioning the fact
10:47that the cost of living
10:48has seriously gone up,
10:51especially in the last three years of war.
10:54Well, Pranay,
10:55the stakes are high.
10:56But the stakes are really high
10:58for Prime Minister Netanyahu
10:59who could be facing corruption charges
11:02should he not return to office.
11:06From talking about electoral fraud
11:08to talking about low voter turnout
11:10in his voter base,
11:14is he absolutely nervous?
11:16Is the Likud party nervous?
11:20You know,
11:21he's one of the most experienced
11:23and the oldest politician,
11:25you can say,
11:26because he's the oldest
11:28Prime Ministerial candidate
11:29in the electoral history of Israel.
11:32So he's contesting this election
11:34at the age of 77
11:35and he's also master
11:36of political maneuvers
11:37and that is the reason
11:39I think he is playing
11:40all these cards
11:41and in fact,
11:42after this statement
11:43of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
11:45his political opponent,
11:45Gandhi Eisenkott,
11:47has actually rejected
11:49all these claims
11:50and he said that
11:50Netanyahu at his best
11:52is only trying
11:53to woo voters
11:54and he's, you know,
11:56doing all these theatrics.
11:58This is what
11:58Gandhi Eisenkott called it
12:00or termed it.
12:01I mean,
12:02I mean,
12:03come on,
12:03Pranay,
12:03maybe for all the right reasons
12:05because we're looking at
12:06Gandhi Eisenkott
12:07really consolidating
12:09his base
12:10with his coalition partners.
12:12Stay on with me,
12:13Pranay.
12:14Let's just take a look
12:15at another report
12:16and then we'll open up
12:17the conversation
12:18with you and the guests.
12:20Now,
12:20two of Benjamin Netanyahu's
12:22key allies
12:23are facing calls
12:24to be kept
12:25out of Israel's
12:26next government.
12:27American billionaire
12:29Bill Ackman
12:30says far-right ministers
12:31Itamar Ben-Gavir
12:33and Basil El-Smotrich
12:35have damaged
12:36Israel's
12:36international image
12:37but for Netanyahu,
12:39dropping them
12:39could come
12:40at a steep
12:41political cost.
12:42Here's a report.
12:57two ministers
13:03two hardline agendas
13:07and growing
13:09international criticism.
13:13Israel's
13:14national security
13:15minister
13:15Itamar Ben-Gavir
13:17is known
13:17for his hardline
13:18policies
13:19towards Palestinians.
13:27His remarks
13:28and actions
13:29have drawn
13:29strong
13:30international criticism.
13:32In 2025,
13:33five countries
13:34including Britain,
13:35Canada
13:36and Australia
13:37sanctioned him
13:38over alleged
13:38incitement
13:39of violence
13:40against Palestinians.
13:45Yes,
13:46well,
13:46this is very important
13:47and with God's help
13:48we can do it.
13:49we can win
13:50because if the other
13:51side forms a government
13:52it will be a
13:53Mansour Abbas government.
13:55I know what my mission is.
13:57I know how important it is.
13:58I call on Israeli citizens
14:00go out and vote.
14:01It is in our power.
14:02We have the ability
14:03to form a government.
14:05Bibi
14:06as Prime Minister
14:07and Ben-Gavir
14:08we will be the
14:09right-wing standard bearer
14:10the right-wing standard bearer
14:12of this government.
14:13We can succeed.
14:14The people of Israel live
14:16a strong Jewish power
14:18a strong state of Israel.
14:24Then there is
14:25Israel's finance minister
14:27Bezlez Motrich.
14:28He has pushed
14:29for expanding
14:30Israeli settlements
14:31in the occupied
14:31West Bank
14:33and opposes
14:34Palestinian statehood.
14:36His policies
14:37have also drawn
14:38international condemnation.
14:44We will cancel
14:45the Oslo agreements.
14:46We will dismantle
14:47the Palestinian
14:48Terror Authority
14:49that encourages
14:50terror
14:51and we will bring
14:52peace and coexistence here.
15:01Now Bill Ackman
15:02a prominent
15:03American investor
15:04and supporter
15:05of Donald Trump
15:06wants both men
15:07kept out of Israel's
15:08next government.
15:10The Bill Ackman
15:10argues that their actions
15:12have hurt Israel's
15:13international image.
15:15He believes
15:16excluding them
15:17can help Israel
15:18improve relations
15:19with the United States
15:20and other countries.
15:22But this is not
15:23an official
15:23US government demand.
15:25It will be a problem
15:26if it becomes
15:27one for Benjamin Netanyahu.
15:33Ben Gavir and Smotrich
15:35are not just
15:35any cabinet ministers.
15:37They are key
15:38coalition partners.
15:40Ben Gavir's
15:41Jewish Power Party
15:42and Smotrich's
15:44Religious Zionist Party
15:45provide crucial support
15:46to Netanyahu's
15:47right-wing bloc.
15:49If they walk out,
15:51he could lose
15:51his majority
15:52putting his government
15:53at risk
15:54and finding
15:55replacements
15:56is not easy.
15:59So dropping them
16:00may help
16:01Israel's
16:01international image
16:02but it could also
16:03come at a high
16:04political cost
16:05for Netanyahu.
16:07The question now,
16:09will he risk
16:09his government
16:10to distance himself
16:11from the far right
16:12or keep his allies
16:13and face
16:14the diplomatic fallout?
16:17Vera Report
16:18India Today.
16:22And let's now
16:24open up
16:24for a conversation
16:25with our guests
16:26and with Pranav Padhyay
16:27who still continues
16:28to be with us.
16:29Shuki Friedman,
16:30Director General,
16:31Jewish People Policy Institute,
16:33Law Professor,
16:35Peres Academy,
16:36Academic Center,
16:37joins me
16:38from Israel.
16:40Dr. Pawan Charassia,
16:41Assistant Professor,
16:42DU,
16:42Visiting Fellow
16:43at the India Foundation
16:44and a West Asia Analyst
16:45joins me also
16:47from Israel.
16:48So thank you so much
16:50gentlemen for joining me.
16:51Let's begin with
16:52Shuki.
16:53Shuki, thank you so much.
16:54Let's just begin
16:54with what we are
16:55seeing on the ground.
16:56Are we seeing
16:58yet another
16:59coalition government,
17:01a minority government
17:02and no single party
17:05that would manage
17:06the halfway mark?
17:09We have a few hours
17:11up until the end
17:12of the day
17:14and the close
17:15of the cabinet
17:16and the polls
17:17and exit polls,
17:19so it's really hard
17:20to guess.
17:20But what we see
17:21for now
17:22is a very high
17:24percentage
17:24of participation
17:25in the elections
17:27in certain areas
17:29that give
17:30a chance
17:31or better chance
17:32to the opposition,
17:34but it's really
17:35hard to guess.
17:36I think that
17:36what we can say
17:38now for sure
17:39is that
17:39we are going to see
17:41a sort of
17:43a term
17:44of an instability
17:46before a coalition
17:47will be considered
17:48by either Netanyahu
17:50or Eisenkot
17:52or other candidates
17:53and through this time
17:55we might
17:56also go through
17:58another round
17:58with Iran.
17:59So it's going to be
18:01a challenging
18:02time for Israel
18:03and political instability
18:05together with security
18:06and stability
18:07and hope
18:07that the result
18:09of the election
18:10will be definitive
18:11enough
18:12to reduce
18:13this instability
18:14for the sake
18:14of the state
18:15of Israel.
18:15Okay, before I go
18:17to Dr. Chauras,
18:18if I could go
18:19to Pranay Pranay.
18:20The Likud Party
18:21actually has put
18:22in a request
18:23for an extension
18:24beyond 10pm.
18:26We've not seen
18:27that in the past
18:27but things are
18:28very different
18:29this time around.
18:30Do you think
18:30they'll get an extension
18:31or rules are rules
18:33and people will
18:34have to come out
18:35and ensure
18:35that they vote
18:36before voting ends?
18:39You know, Gita,
18:40in such elections
18:41or any electoral
18:42process for that matter,
18:43extending the time
18:44of voting
18:45is not an unusual thing
18:46but it all depends
18:47upon the, you know,
18:48the voter turnout,
18:50you know,
18:50how many people
18:50are still in queue
18:51and based on
18:52the statistics,
18:53what election committee,
18:54which is the election
18:55commission equivalent
18:56of Israel,
18:57and I'm sure
18:58they are regularly
18:59monitoring every polling booth,
19:01there are 12,000
19:01polling booths,
19:0218,000, you know,
19:03ballot boxes
19:04are designated
19:05and around 1 lakh people
19:07in a small state
19:07like Israel,
19:09it's a big number,
19:101 lakh people
19:11are already there
19:12on the election duty,
19:12so election committee
19:13of Israel
19:14has not taken
19:15any final decision
19:16as yet
19:16and many other
19:17political parties
19:18have rejected the idea
19:19and they said
19:20that there shouldn't be
19:21any extension
19:22of, you know,
19:23voting time
19:23and obviously
19:24there are allegations
19:25regarding the election fraud,
19:27there are allegations
19:28about that, you know,
19:29there are some loopholes,
19:30so obviously
19:30like any democracy
19:31in any democratic process
19:33or in any election,
19:34you know,
19:34this is the time
19:35when it's in such a
19:36closely contested
19:38or fiercely contested
19:38election,
19:39there are allegations
19:40as well,
19:40but it all,
19:41you know,
19:42depends on the election
19:43committee,
19:43which has assured
19:44the free and fair
19:45election in Israel
19:46and as, you know,
19:47our guest rightly said
19:48that there is still,
19:49you know,
19:50almost four and a half
19:51hours to go
19:52and still time
19:53for people to come out
19:54and cast their vote.
19:56Okay.
19:57Dr. Pawan Chaurasya,
19:58we know that this election
20:00is being fought
20:01on similar agenda
20:03when it comes to the parties
20:05and I'm not talking about
20:06the left
20:06and the centrist parties,
20:08I'm talking about
20:10Eisencourt
20:10versus Netanyahu.
20:12The agenda is the same,
20:14means and methods
20:15of how they were looking at
20:16and approaching the problem
20:18might be different.
20:19How do you see them then
20:22consolidate their vote bank
20:24or are you seeing
20:24a split here?
20:27Well,
20:28first of all,
20:29thank you so much
20:29for inviting me
20:30to your show.
20:31See,
20:32unlike the previous elections
20:33where it was generally
20:34the left versus right binary,
20:37this is not the case,
20:38especially after October 7th,
20:39this terrorist attack
20:40that took place in Israel.
20:41The society is extremely polarized,
20:43but not in terms of
20:44the ideological framework
20:46of left and right,
20:47but in terms of
20:48whether the state of Israel
20:50or the current government
20:51was able to secure
20:53its people
20:53or whether it miserably
20:54failed to gauge
20:56what was coming on
20:57October 7th.
20:58So,
20:59when I see
21:00here in Israel,
21:02so people
21:02are,
21:03either you will find
21:04a lot of supporters
21:05of Benjamin Netanyahu
21:06believe that
21:07he has actually
21:09pushed Israel
21:10into a new
21:11security framework
21:12where you have
21:13Abrahamic Accords,
21:14where you have
21:15all time,
21:16friendship with the US
21:17at all times high
21:19and where you have
21:19seen that
21:20now Israel
21:21has continuously
21:21opened
21:23fights
21:24with Iran
21:26and on different
21:27friends with
21:27Hezbollah and Hamas.
21:28But,
21:29when it comes
21:30to the opposition
21:30block led by
21:32Mr. Eisenhower,
21:33so he is basically
21:35banking on the idea
21:35that,
21:36first of all,
21:37he has been
21:37the chief of the idea,
21:38so he says that
21:39he understands security
21:40far more better
21:42than anyone else.
21:42And the second point
21:43is his core agenda
21:45is that of seeking
21:46accountability
21:47for what happened
21:48on October 7th.
21:49And related to it
21:50is that he believes
21:51that the accountability
21:52is not just about
21:54in terms of national security
21:55but in terms of
21:57the personal conduct
21:58of the Prime Minister
21:59also.
22:00You know,
22:01he was,
22:01earlier,
22:02Benjamin Netanyahu
22:02was accused of
22:03some kind of
22:04corruption charges.
22:05So,
22:05the selection is contested
22:07by both the parties,
22:08both the population
22:09who are considered
22:10to be right-wing.
22:11And the important point
22:13that I think
22:14we need to highlight
22:15is that
22:15the one-fifth
22:17of population
22:17of Israel
22:18still is Arab.
22:20So,
22:20there are two
22:21important Arab parties
22:22that are also
22:23contesting the elections.
22:24And both the coalitions
22:25have publicly stated
22:26that they will not have
22:27any alliance
22:28with the Arab parties.
22:29So,
22:30it will be keenly
22:30looked at
22:31what happens
22:32because Israel's
22:33democracy
22:33is very,
22:34in a way,
22:35messy
22:35because no coalition
22:37has,
22:38in a way,
22:39able to reach
22:39the half a number
22:40of 61.
22:41So,
22:41let's see what happens.
22:42Well,
22:43it's quite clear
22:43that Prime Minister
22:44Netanyahu
22:45has made that
22:46quite obvious
22:46and evident
22:47what you're saying,
22:48Dr. Chaurasiya,
22:49by actually saying
22:50that should they
22:51not come out
22:52and vote
22:52for the Likud party,
22:54the next government
22:55will be that
22:56of Mansour Abbas's
22:57or Ahmed TB.
22:58Shuki Friedman,
23:00do you see
23:01October 7th
23:02as the pivot
23:04for Prime Minister
23:05Netanyahu
23:06as also for
23:07Eisenhower?
23:08but over here
23:09there's a lot
23:10of question
23:11revolving
23:13on accountability
23:15and responsibility
23:16and a lot
23:17of Israelis
23:18have been talking
23:18about it.
23:19Do you think
23:19that could be
23:20an area
23:22that people
23:23would focus on,
23:24look at
23:24while they go
23:25to vote
23:26and like many,
23:27including many
23:28billionaires
23:28in America
23:30are saying
23:30that Israel's
23:31image is taken
23:32ahead because
23:33of ministers
23:34in Netanyahu's
23:35cabinet such as
23:36Ben Gavir
23:37and Smotrich?
23:39You know,
23:40through the
23:41recent three years
23:42we went
23:43in war
23:45against Hamas,
23:47against Hezbollah,
23:48against Iran
23:48and other
23:50Messias
23:50and the Puts
23:51as well
23:51and through
23:53this war
23:54Netanyahu
23:55continued
23:55his allies
23:57with the
23:57ultra-orthodox
23:58and their
23:59exemption
23:59for service
24:00in the army.
24:02This together
24:03with the
24:04extreme minister
24:04you mentioned
24:05like Betalus
24:06Trotrich
24:07and Ben Gavir
24:08who've been
24:09designated
24:10by European
24:11countries
24:12and by Canada
24:13and other
24:13countries.
24:14All this
24:15together
24:15I think
24:16brings Israel
24:17to the
24:17understanding
24:19that first
24:20Netanyahu
24:21is not willing
24:21to take
24:22responsibility
24:22to accountability
24:23through October 7.
24:25Farthermore
24:26he continues
24:26the same
24:27policies
24:27that brought
24:28Israel
24:29to internal
24:30lifts
24:31that we
24:31never
24:31witnessed.
24:32and our
24:34situation
24:35political
24:35situation
24:36towards the
24:37world
24:38including
24:39the United
24:40States
24:40not the
24:41Trump
24:42administration
24:43but the
24:44Democratic
24:44Party
24:45and part
24:46of the
24:46Republican
24:47Party
24:48and also
24:49the EU
24:50and other
24:50countries
24:51is the worst
24:52almost ever
24:53and I think
24:54Israelis
24:54want change
24:56want to be
24:58a legitimate
24:58country in the
25:00world
25:00want to
25:01continue
25:02and prosper
25:03to continue
25:04to grab
25:04investment
25:05from Europe
25:07from the
25:08United States
25:09continue to be
25:10a startup
25:11nation
25:11and I think
25:13that Israel
25:14is realizing
25:15that if the
25:16same government
25:17will gain
25:17power again
25:18things here
25:20will change
25:21dramatically
25:21we might
25:23suffer from
25:24severe sanctions
25:25that we
25:26already got
25:27from the EU
25:28and maybe
25:29in the future
25:30from the
25:30US
25:30and this
25:32would put
25:32Israel in
25:33completely
25:34different
25:34economic
25:35and strategic
25:36situation
25:36so I don't
25:37know yet to
25:38conclude what
25:39the result
25:39will be
25:40but I do
25:41understand
25:42like many
25:43Israelis
25:43that to
25:45continue the
25:45same policies
25:46and to hope
25:47to different
25:48results is not
25:49smart
25:49and let's
25:50see if
25:51Israelis
25:51voted
25:52for a
25:53change
25:53this evening
25:56that's
25:57that's
25:57putting it
25:58very very
25:59clearly and
26:00with absolute
26:00clarity
26:01we we can
26:03continue this
26:03conversation but
26:04we've completely
26:05run out of
26:06time this is
26:07the space to
26:08watch what's
26:09really happening
26:09in Israel
26:10we will continue
26:12our coverage on
26:13the second half
26:14of the hour as
26:14well so do
26:16stay tuned
26:17thank you so
26:17much gentlemen
26:18Shuki Friedman
26:19Dr. Chaurasia
26:20and Pranej for
26:21joining us for
26:22now
26:22Thank you