The final stretch: How the parties plan to win the elections

The election campaign enters its final stretch. The major parties are finalizing plans for the moment of truth before election day. Likud will warn of a government with Arab support; the opposition will focus on conscription and October 7; Yashar! will continue its campaign to suppress right-wing turnout; Bennett and Lapid will market statesmanship and management; Smotrich will present settlement achievements; Ben Gvir will demand the Justice and Security portfolios; Lieberman will intensify anti-Haredi and anti-Arab messages; Golan will lead radical protest; Winter will fight the electoral threshold; the Haredim will mobilize rabbis; the Arabs will exploit the disqualification of Abu Shahada.

The Israeli election campaign is entering its final stretch, and the headquarters of the major parties are finalizing plans for the moment of truth before election day. Each party is crafting its messages for the final days, understanding that these will determine voter turnout and the last shift of mandates. Likud intends to sharpen the message about the danger of a joint sitting of all opposition parties with the Arab factions. The central message will be that such a government would support withdrawals and promote the establishment of an Arab state in Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The campaign will include videos showing what will happen to settlements, security, and the judicial reform if a left-wing government is formed with the support of Tibi and Odeh. Yashar! of Gadi Eisenkot intends to continue the campaign to suppress voting in right-wing areas. Eisenkot will demand the establishment of a state commission of inquiry and will attack the government for not defeating Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The headquarters believes that the lower the voter turnout in the periphery and settlements, the greater the chance of receiving the mandate from the President of the State. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will focus on the issue of conscription and equality of burden and on the campaign of management and professionalism. They will present themselves as the statesmanlike alternative to a political and failed government. The Religious Zionism party will emphasize moves in Judea and Samaria, including the establishment of new settlement farms and the regularization of young communities. Otzma Yehudit will present the achievements of the gun reform and the tightening of conditions for terrorists in prisons. At the heart of the campaign will be the need to form a full right-wing government, while accusing Netanyahu of intending to form a unity government with Eisenkot. Avigdor Lieberman will intensify anti-Haredi and anti-Arab messages to stop the bleeding of mandates to Likud. The Democrats party, led by Yair Golan, will highlight opposition to Netanyahu by demanding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry. Major General Ofer Winter will continue to attack the government and Eisenkot to show that he is an independent right-wing alternative. The Haredi factions will try to overcome the campaign to suppress voting in the sector. And the Arab factions will exploit the disqualification of the Balad chairman to call on the Arab public to vote in droves.