64 contestants in the local elections in a letter to the Minister of the Interior: "a state of war justifies your intervention - postpone the elections" If Interior Minister Moshe Arbel does not respond to their request - the writers are also expected to petition the High Court against holding the elections this week. "Your decision to hold elections during a war while hundreds of thousands of soldiers are busy defending the country is a slap in the face of those who are willing to sacrifice their lives for your sake," they wrote.