Early turnout in Israel vote highest since 1981

Voter turnout in the first three hours of Israel’s pivotal general election stood at 16.68 percent, the Central Elections Committee said on Tuesday, the highest at this stage of the vote since 1981.

“By 10 am, more than 1,200,000 Israelis had voted. The nationwide voter turnout stands at 16.68 percent,” Dean Livne, acting director general of the committee, said in a televised statement.