Bibi versus the Feiglins
This is going to be one evil mother of a likud primary.
Fights break out as Likud voters head to the polls
Gil Hoffman, JPost, Aug. 14, 2007
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Fights were reported at a polling station in Kiryat Atta just a short time after the Likud primary elections kicked off at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday. In addition, observers for Moshe Feiglin's campaign were forced out of a polling station in Yavneh, despite the fact that they were legally required to be there. Further, Feiglin supporters in Migdal HaEmek reported that very large posters of Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu had been erected by the polling station. The disturbances come as Likud members vote on whether to let Netanyahu continue as party chairman, or to replace him with challenger Moshe Feiglin. Ahead of Tuesday's Likud primary, Netanyahu met with his campaign team at his Tel Aviv headquarters and urged them to do everything possible to get out the vote to drown out the high voter turnout expected among Feiglin supporters. He even manned the phones for a few minutes, calling undecided activists in front of the cameras. "There is always the danger of complacency," Netanyahu said. "Most of the Likud members support me, but if they stay home, they will allow our opponents to denounce the Likud as a party on the fringes." In order to maximize voter turnout, the Likud's central elections committee decided at Netanyahu's request to keep polls open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Feiglin called the extended hours a waste of money for the party. Results are expected one hour after the polls close. All three candidates will spend election day campaigning at polling stations. Netanyahu will vote at the Jerusalem International Convention Center and visit polling stations in Ma'aleh Adumim, Rishon Lezion, Ashdod, Bat Yam, Netanya and Tel Aviv. Feiglin will start his day by attempting to pray on the Temple Mount and will visit polling stations in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. The third candidate in the race, World Likud chairman Danny Danon, will vote at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds and will visit polling stations in Herzliya, Ramat Hasharon, Petah Tikva, Lod and Jerusalem. Some 96,000 Likud members are eligible to vote in more than 100 polling stations across the country.
