🔻The Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu asked election officials to extend the voting time so it would have more opportunity to mobilize its supporters. Likud said in a Telegram message: “We have submitted a request to extend the voting hours.” Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters’ media have warned about high turnout among Israeli Arabs. Mansour Abbas, the leader of one of the main Arab parties in Israel, accused Benjamin Netanyahu of stoking tensions, and said in a video message: “Benjamin Netanyahu is lying and is creating incitement against the Joint Arab List.”