'Eretz Nehederet' tackles Israel's election-night drama with Gal Gadot, political satire

The Jerusalem Post reports on the special two-part election-night broadcast of the Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet' on Channel 12, which featured a surprise appearance by Israeli Hollywood actress Gal Gadot. The broadcast included sketches parodying political candidates and the inconclusive election results.

The Jerusalem Post reports on the special two-part election-night broadcast of the Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet' on Channel 12, which aired on Tuesday night as Israelis awaited election results. The broadcast featured a surprise appearance by Israeli-born Hollywood actress Gal Gadot, who appeared in a sketch with the character Asher the cabbie (Yuval Semo). In the sketch, Gadot returns from abroad to vote, discusses the difficulty of being an Israeli in Hollywood amid rising antisemitism, and eventually turns the cab into a flying car. The first half of the broadcast, aired before polls closed, included an opening sketch depicting political opponents as professional wrestlers, with Gadi Eisenkot wielding a sawed-off shotgun and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throwing a suitcase of cash. The second half, after exit polls showed an inconclusive result, featured a game show sketch where opposition leaders tried to walk back campaign promises. The article notes that the show's writers tried to find comedy in the uncertain outcome, and the broadcast ended without host Eyal Kitzis's usual sign-off line.