00:00So what we are told is in the past few hours, about 16 to 17 percent has been the voting
00:06across Israel.
00:08Ballot paper, possibly it will now speed up through the day, but you can see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with
00:14his wife, Sarah,
00:16casting their vote on the ballot at a polling station. This is in Jerusalem.
00:21Netanyahu hailed the high voter turnout and urged Israelis to vote.
00:24Now, remember, it may not sound a higher turnout for Indians, but vis-a-vis Israel, it's been the highest
00:32turnout since 1981 till now, 16.68 percent.
00:37Higher than usual turnout rates in the left strongholds, says Netanyahu.
00:42Right or Palestine, for real right-wing voters, this is an emergency hour.
00:47Go out and vote right now, he says.
00:50And remember, at a time like this, India today is on the ground.
00:52Pranay Upadhyay is getting us all the latest about what does he see around him.
00:58Let's take a look at Pranay Upadhyay ground report coming in from Israel.
01:07Voting has started in Israel.
01:09I am right now in one of the polling stations of Jerusalem City, a historic city, and people are forming
01:16queues.
01:16They are coming in good numbers.
01:18You know, you don't see large queues in Israel because it's a holiday.
01:23People will come with their own convenience.
01:25And this is a small country.
01:27Entire country is a constituency.
01:28But still, you can find, you can see people around here.
01:31And you can also see the publicity material here because all the parties here, you can see.
01:37Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party, and its banner, its poster is there.
01:41And people are coming to cast their votes.
01:44You are supporting Naftali Bennett's party.
01:46Naftali Bennett's party, it's called Biyakha Together.
01:48Okay.
01:49Since you represent the youth as well.
01:52So, which way the youth of Israel voting and deciding this time?
01:56Well, I believe that the main issue of our country is separation of the nation.
02:02I mean, Benjamin Netanyahu and radical religious parties, they divided our people.
02:09And we vote to stick together to continue to create jobs, technologies, and translate right
02:19values to the world, not these war engagement messages which we translated for the last three years.
02:29Can you show me that, you know, how people vote in Israel, you know, how does it happen?
02:33So, you go inside, what do you do?
02:35Yeah, so basically, you receive a convert.
02:39Okay.
02:40And...
02:40Okay, let this camera...
02:42Okay, yeah.
02:42So, basically, you receive a convert.
02:44You go inside of a room, a closed room.
02:48And then, you have a lot of pateks.
02:50It's called patek, like this, with letters on it.
02:54Okay.
02:54For example, you put it inside of the convert, so no one is going to know who you vote for.
03:02And then, you put it in a poll box.
03:05Okay.
03:05That's it.
03:06Okay, that's the simple voting process.
03:08You cast your vote.
03:09You put this paper in an envelope.
03:12You can also write with paper and pen.
03:14Well, technically, you can write everything you want to, yes.
03:17For example, Akuna Matata, but yeah, the main thing is to put the voucher you want to.
