Gantz to issue 'emergency' statement over purportedly 'close' exit poll figures

Blue and White’s Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid are holding an “emergency meeting” at 6 p.m. because of purportedly “neck and neck” polling numbers.

It is illegal to publicize polling figures until the end of election day, so their claims of being on the verge of losing should be taken with a grain of salt. Likud is claiming the very same thing, and probably for the very same reason — to galvanize supporters who may be too distracted or otherwise uninterested in actually heading to the polling station.

“According to the exit poll, the battle between [Likud and Blue and White] is close,” Blue and White claims.