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"Not realistic, but revolutionary": The Great Diary of Israel's Marginal Parties - Walla! 2020 elections

2020-01-14T20:32:16.056Z


The first day of submitting the lists did not belong to the main players in politics. The small parties have tried to spark interest with recruiting candidates like Yossi Gispan and Amos Dov Silver, but apparently ...


"Not realistic, but revolutionary": The Great Diary of Israel's Marginal Parties

The first day of submitting the lists did not belong to the main players in politics. The small parties have tried to spark interest with recruiting candidates like Yossi Gispan and Amos Dov Silver, but will probably have to settle for a fraction of the vote. For them, the chair is not the main thing: "It's important for the public to be exposed to our content"

"Not realistic, but revolutionary": The Great Diary of Israel's Marginal Parties

Photo: Knesset channel

The climax of the first day for submitting candidates' lists, at least from the political point of view, actually happened outside the Central Electoral Commission hall. A forgotten file and its unidentified owner became a suspicious object, resulting in the eviction of journalists and committee staff. After a few minutes, and with the assistance of a Knesset guard, it became clear that the case was an innocent laptop - and the order was restored.

Within the committee hall, to say the least, today (Tuesday) was not the day for major players in Israeli politics. Of the ten lists submitted, five were contested in the September elections - "Our Rights in Our Voice", "Social Leadership", "Dem - Green Economy One State", "The Progressive Party" and "The Biblical Bloc". They managed to get together 4,029 votes. About 140,000 votes below the blocking percentage.

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Submission of candidates for the 23rd Knesset to the Election Commission, Jerusalem Knesset, January 14, 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

In the absence of a real chance of getting into the Knesset, the candidates' lists nevertheless tried to stand out through glittering names in the list. Thus, Gilad Alper, who was previously number 2 in Moshe Feiglin's "Identity" party, and currently heads the list of "Liberal Economic Power", recruited Amos Dov Silver - founder of Telegrass as his number 2. Silver is currently facing a serious indictment, and is in custody until the end of proceedings at Nitzan Prison.

On the other side of the bars, a list of "our rights in our voice" was submitted. This is a movement set up by Israeli police and IPS retirees, and today, according to Speaker Einat Coleman, seeks to be the voice of "security, disabled, elderly and toddlers." Our "rights in our voice" also managed to add celebrities, more or less: second place The list included Mickey Goldenberg, brother of the late Dudu Topaz, immediately followed by Alon Dor-On - the Israeli wheelchair basketball player, and fifth place pusher Yossi Gispan. In addition to countless hits, the latter is responsible for the song lyrics "One Hundred Twenty Forces":

"One hundred and twenty coffers tell me how to live / And I'm stuck here in a sea of ​​problems / The back I break works like a donkey / This month can't finish / Can't with debt get tired of hell / Because this month I'm wiping out."

Recruit flashy names. Chairman of Liberal Economic Power Gilad Alper submits the list today (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Submission of candidates for the 23rd Knesset to the Election Commission, Jerusalem Knesset, January 14, 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Among the lists submitted during the day was "Justice Trial", headed by Larissa Amir-Trimbobler, wife of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's murderer. The party registrar allowed Amir to register her party only after declaring that the party's goals or activities were not justified by the prime minister's murder.

Responding to the question from the committee chairman, Justice Neil Handel, the party's establishment explained its objectives: "We demand a retrial for Yigal Amir. It's a sentence that will change everything, and things will become clear to the entire establishment, to the media. We demand deep reform of the courts and the media, and trials return to all who deserve them. Only we can do it, the politicians can't, because we have the courage. "She asked to have the letters" end "or" n ", and refused to talk to the media.

"We have the courage." Larissa Amir during list submission today (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Larissa Trimbobler during the submission of candidates for the 23rd Knesset to the Election Commission, Jerusalem Knesset, January 14, 2020 (Photo: Reuben Castro)

Outside the committee room, in line for registering and submitting the documents, were Dudu Bell Hassan and Oleg Radko, who said that they represented a collaboration between the "Advanced Party" and the Hebrew Sparrow movement. Bel Hasan, who represents the Hebrew Dror movement in the Union, says that they promote the writing of a constitution, referendums, "and return to the Hebrew values ​​of the early pioneers. The Hebrew pioneers, the Zionist contract, talked about Hebrew work, the Hebrew work, the Hebrew theater - everything was Hebrew. Suddenly these values ​​of the liberation movement of the Hebrew people have faded away. There is nothing. Like we are dinosaurs when we talk about these values. "

When asked whether they believe they have a chance to enter the Knesset, the two reveal the truth that most of them escaped who is used to the politics of the big parties: Election to the Knesset is not everything. Sometimes the mere fact of running for election provides a platform for ideas and ideologies that will find it difficult to gain exposure in a different way.

Not the day of the key players. Submitting the lists, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Submission of candidates for the 23rd Knesset to the Election Commission, Jerusalem Knesset, January 14, 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"Your question is spiteful," Belle Hassan replies. "What are we, the successful contractors? Even if it is not feasible, our contents are revolutionary, and it is important that the people and the general public be exposed to them." Adding to this, his partner, Radco, sounds more optimistic: "There are a lot of parties that went through the previous elections, and that gave us nothing. We have no government, we have nothing. If you want change, then the people have to give the votes to new parties that really listen to them, and not to all the guys who have been in the Knesset for 40 years. "

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"We are dinosaurs when we talk about these values." Oleg Radko and David Bell Hassan (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Oleg Radko and David Bell Hassan - Submission of Knesset Applicants, January 14, 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

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