Green flags in Ramle and Lod; senior police officer: 'Preparing for confrontations'

Convoys of vehicles with green flags are circulating in Ramle and Lod on election day. A senior police officer said police are preparing for confrontations and that the Jarushi crime family is leading voters to polling stations. Voting data: 26.1% in Ramle and 27% in Lod.

Convoys of vehicles with green flags began circulating today (Tuesday) in Ramle and Lod, on election day for the Knesset. A senior police officer told i24NEWS that police are preparing for confrontations, adding: 'The Jarushi crime family is leading voters en masse to the polling stations.' Data from the Central Elections Committee shows that as of 12:21, 26.1% of eligible voters had voted in Ramle, and as of 12:39, 27% had voted in Lod. Haggai Reznik, head of the Riphman Institute for the Development of the Negev, said that Ra'am is organizing buses and vans to bring Bedouin voters to the polls, and that this will come at the expense of the Zionist parties that have neglected the area. He predicts a dramatic increase for Ra'am in the Negev.