JERUSALEM (AP) — With large numbers of Israelis expected to sit out next week’s election, centrist activists have launched a last-ditch appeal to get out the vote, hoping to defy what appears to be a guaranteed victory for a hard-line bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

This grassroots effort could be the moderate camp’s only chance. Moderate, secular voters tend to turn out in smaller numbers than ideologically motivated hard-liners. Reversing this trend, experts say, is the surest way to take on the government’s handling of major issues like stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians, Iran’s nuclear program and a troubled economy.