Netanyahu using 'scare tactics' to get Israelis to vote

Jerusalem local and Middle East Eye journalist Mustafa Abu Sneineh adds his take on Benjamin Netanyahu's election day antics:

Benjamin Netanyahu is using a tactic that has proved effective in previous elections and secured him the prime minister's seat: scaring his electorate into thinking that Palestinian citizens of Israel are voting in droves.

This time, Netanyahu claimed that the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah issued a statement asking the Arab community inside Israel to vote to put an end to his term in power.

He also published a picture showing an empty voting station in the town of Holon, a Likud stronghold, comparing it to a packed station in Tel Aviv voting for the “left”. In the 2015 election, Netanyahu said in a video that the Israeli left is transporting “Arabs in buses” to go to vote and that a right-wing government in Israel is in “danger.”