Shea Levin — text status

*ELECTION SHAKEUP:* Just one day before Israel’s Knesset elections, the Chareidi Hakhel party, led by Bnei Brak City Council member Shlomo Elboim, announced it is withdrawing from the race. The party cited responsibility to the Torah-observant community and urged its supporters to vote for the Chareidi bloc, amid warnings from Gedolei Yisroel that smaller Chareidi parties could split the vote.