IDF soldiers in local elections / IDF spokesman
It's unpleasant to admit, but the truth is that my percentage of participation in the local elections in Israel is similar to Shaquille O'Neal's shooting percentage from the free throw line.
Or in translation for those who are not strong in references to the sports world of more than 20 years ago: I voted only once in the local elections.
I have many excuses for avoiding the local polling station, which include trips abroad, a mistake in registration in the voter's register or just stressful work days - but to be honest, it was just never important enough to me. Even this year, despite
dozens if not hundreds of disturbing SMS messages From a multitude of candidates, I still don't know who I'm going to vote for. The mind keeps thinking about the war and the fallen, the heart can't contain the pain of more than 130 hostages still in the hands of Hamas - so who even has the strength to think about the municipal elections?
Then Channel 14 came along and reminded me how important it is to vote. More precisely, the opposite is true. Channel 14 simply tried to put the election system (which is sleepy anyway) to sleep and chose not to mention it at all in the lineup of the "Patriots" program, which talks about all the important issues of the day, with the exception of the celebration of democracy, which is about to disable The Economy In fact, the only time the local elections were mentioned in the program was in the opening monologue of Yotam Zamri who complained about the terrible spam produced by the political system, then casually added that he was not at all sure he would vote.
Yanon Magal in the show "The Patriots", now 14, February 26, 2024/screenshot, now 14
Yanon Magal even managed to complain loudly ("Oi Oi Oi") that they forgot to include the selections in the lineup and asked to push the topic in, but with the exception of Anya Bookstein's cute broadcast during the commercial break, the topic was forgotten.
Is it possible that Channel 14 simply wants to put the area to sleep?
After all, what is better for the Bibist camp represented by Channel 14 than a low turnout?
What is the value of all the chants of D-M-W-K-R-T-Y-H that were shouted at the demonstrations in Kaplan if polling stations are opened and no one comes?
What is the value of all the public outrage over the Ben-Gvir police, and the politicization of the war, and the politicians who tried to turn the struggle for the release of the abductees into a right-wing and left-wing issue?
Since October 7, Netanyahu and his Shofarot channel have been trying to claim that the date of the elections is sometime at the end of October 2026 and this is not the time to talk about bringing the elections up at all.
What better proof would there be for this claim if the turnout in the local elections were low, and they could say that it proves they were right all along.
The people have no head for elections now at all.
So true, who has the power for local elections now.
How can we take seriously the promises of mayors who disappear for 4.5 years and then remember in the months before the elections to do some nice city activities for the residents?
Who has the power to differentiate between the multitude of strange lists that run to the council while every morning opens with a "permitted to publish" message about a child who fell?
Unfortunately, we don't really have a choice.
This is the reality.
Those who are sure to vote in these extreme elections who really don't care about trash removal or urban gardening, but want to change the democratic image of our country.
They started doing it at the state level (and we saw what a great success it was on October 7) and now they want to do it at the municipal level.
Go vote, democracy is important.
This is exactly why Channel 14 doesn't want to talk about it.
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