In a room filled by his campaign staff and reporters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called undecided voters on
Thursday, in a last-ditch attempt to bring more votes to Likud-Beitenu.
"This is Binyamin Netanyahu. No, it's not a prank. I hope that
you will vote for me next week," the prime minister said on the phone, seating at the head of the table aside Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Environmental Protection Minister Gilad
Erdan and Likud Beitenu MK's. "Bring your friends and family to vote," Bibi plead.
"Hello, this is Ruby Rivlin. I hear you are undecided," the
Knesset Speaker told the person on the other side who was inclined to support the
Bayit Yehudi. Rivlin explained to him that a large Likud-Beitenu is necessary to
stand behind Netanyahu and his policies.
MK Miri Regev greeted a voter
casually, saying "ahalan," while MK Ofir Akunis asked for back-up in the form of
the prime minister. "Want to talk to Prime Minister Netanyahu?" Akunis
asked a voter, handing Netanyahu the phone as he entered the
room.
"I am calling
for them to vote for Likud-Beitenu and not waste their votes on sectoral
parties," he told the press as they squeezed in the conference room.. "I'm saying what we will do if they give us power. We'll
reform housing and continue opening the market like we did for cell phones."
"Most of the undecided voters I
spoke to said they want me to be prime minister, so I told them: Then vote for
my party. You can't strengthen me while weakening my party," he added.
