MEE contributor Oren Ziv, asked people at a voting in Jaffa who they will be voting for and what they wanted out of the election:
Orly Ben Yosef:
“I think Netanyahu will win, I voted for him, because we don't have any other choice and there is no alternative, and I think many others will vote as well for him.”
Anat Peled:
I voted for the Meretz party. It seems many people came out to vote today, I think Meretz will pass the needed threshold (of 3.25 percent).
I spoke today with an old woman that all her life voted for Likud, and this time she didn't want to vote for them. She didn't know for who to vote and I convinced her to give Herzog a chance.
Erga Shiloni and Itai Tzimer:
We have a good feeling and can see many people that are going to vote all around us. And we feel it is because many people want to replace the government, because we had enough with Netanyahu. We are from the V15 movement, and for us we will consider today a success if any party from the centre-left block wins.
Raisa Aibrahim voted with her daughter (who places Raisa’s ballot in the box):
I voted for the Joint Arab list. I was never too sure who to vote for, because the Arab parties were separated. But now when all the Arabs are united we had an easy choice. Before I was voting for (the leftist) Meretz.
I hope the Arab List will be part of the next government. We hope that if the party gets around 15 seats, we will have representation in the parliament and will be able to improve our economic situation. As well as improvements on the political level, we hope that I will be able to openly say here in Israel that I'm a Palestinian and not feel under threat.