"And Now: Elections," Amit Segal's favorite series, returns for a fifth season with the same heroes, the same plot and the same digs.
The broadcast channels are convinced that it interests us.
"And tonight, an updated poll of seats," excited us last night in the major editions, but the truth is that this is the most despairing political drama on screen, and is actually a rerun of previous seasons.
The same idle debates on "Yes Bibi, no Bibi," and again mandate calculations, and guesses who will sit with whom, and an agenda influenced by spins and message shelves, delivered in lengthy broadcasts featuring disgusting politicians, commentators, trumpets and their appendices.
We've been to this movie four times, and like in a soap opera - the plot refuses to come to an end, and everything repeats itself until the actors die and the viewers change.
An intense day of watching all the channels was enough for me to soak up the stock of passwords of all the parties.
The same messages were hurled at the screen from all sides - through MKs and ministers, commentators and publicists or through guiding questions from news presenters. Exactly how to express oneself and what to say.
Coalition representatives as a whole emphasized the achievements of the outgoing government, spoke of national responsibility, highlighted the combination of Bibi and Ben Gvir, brought back to Netanyahu's trial (through dealing with the defendant's laws) and tried to intimidate ("The national right is a significant danger to the state," Yair Golan).
The main message: "Do not go back, but move forward."
The opposition concentrated on personal security, the cost of living and connection to the Arabs (called the "Muslim Brotherhood") - and entered Yair Lapid.
David Bitan told Rafi Reshef: "On the one hand, Lapid is talking about unity, and on the other hand, about the forces of darkness."
Other MKs recited the same wording. Sharon Gal used the same message for the opening monologue of "Five" on Channel 13, and Shimon Riklin wondered at the beginning of his program on Channel 14: "He talks about unification and healing but calls us all the forces of darkness?". Earlier, on the same channel , Honeysuckle interviewed Ben Gvir and inquired: "Say, are you part of the forces of darkness?
Did they mean you? "
Read from the page
"Elections now is it good for the people or not?", Zvika Hadar ("The Morning World") asked MK Eli Cohen. "I traveled around the country, and you know how many times a day they would ask me when this government will pass?" About from the Likud.
Hadar interrupted him: "You know how many times I travel around the country and they ask me, 'Maybe one time they will answer you and not read all the messages from the page?'".
Cohen was not confused, and in his answer included all the sections of the daily message page - IDF soldiers, settlers, the cost of living, and also a video about girls hiding Israeli flags. Include "(Network) and" Evening Evening "(here), and repeat the same sentences.
"We lost the sense of security in the country. I guess you also know the video with the flags," he told Maya Rachlin here 11. "I heard about the video. Is it part of your message page?" "I will tell you, but the public is not wrong. They want change in terms of price, and without relying on the Muslim Brotherhood."
We are the public.
And there is one message on our message page: Leave us alone and get along.
For this we have chosen you four times.
And now: Elections - Season 5, All Channels, All Day
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