The disqualification of MK Amichai Shikli from running for the Knesset as part of the Likud list, by the chairman of the election committee, Judge Yitzhak Amit, provokes battles in three arenas - the legal arena, the moral arena and the political arena.
The first and most decisive arena is the legal arena.
A head-to-head battle between judges.
Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit, who serves as chairman of the election committee, rejected a compromise signed by the district court. In the process of his political retirement from the party, Shikli made sure to have close legal support. A shrewd lawyer sat with him in the Knesset committee for over ten hours, as did the discussions in the district court. .
Bennett and Shaked.
MK Shikli objected to breaking their voter promises, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Shikli claims, and quite rightly, that the issue came up in the district court hearing, the issue of the time of the appeal for which Amit disqualifies Shikli was examined in front of the judges and when they approved a compromise, he decided to run within the Likud.
If Shikli had known that he could not run within Likud, he would have started his own party.
The significant violation of the right of a district court against the chairman of the election commission will be discussed in the Supreme Court. Shikli's chances are actually not bad.
The second and most important arena is the moral arena.
The status of politics and politicians is at an unprecedented low.
A culture of lies and scheming stuck to them years ago, but it seems that in the last year and a half it has crossed every line.
Judge Yitzhak Amit.
Will the High Court reverse its decision?, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
People who talked about the right jumped to the left, significant violations of ideological promises were broken wholesale, and it was Shikli who stood by his word and principles from the beginning, refused to align himself according to the ideological overturning and the wholesale violation of promises by Bennett and Shaked, and even paid a price, he is the one who may find himself outside the Knesset while the zigzags and upheavals - Exactly yes.
If that's not enough, if News 12's publication about a corrupt and illegal political deal between Yair Lapid and Michal Shir (a promise of armor in exchange for a promise to support Lapid's leadership of a government) is true, then this is a political bribe that should have disqualified Shir.
If a song is inside and Shiki is outside - this is a moral, ethical and serious fault.
Michal Shir
Will her candidacy also be disqualified?, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The third arena is the political arena - any event, no matter how big, did not move votes dramatically between the blocs.
The Abraham Accords and victory over the Corona did not bring Netanyahu the victory.
A successful operation in Gaza or a failure in the cost of living did not change the balance between the blocs.
In addition, in an era where party leaders, Netanyahu, Gantz, Lapid, etc. are voted for, changes within the list are not considered particularly significant.
At the same time, Shikli's disqualification, which embodies the sentiment against the judicial system, may spur some sleepy Likud voters out of their homes and in a system where every vote is decisive it has meaning.
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