Fewer votes than the king's chain: Sharan Haskel's response to the defeat

MK Sharan Haskel, chair of the 'Israel First' party, suffered a crushing defeat in the elections and received fewer votes than the king's chain. In response, she wrote that she is proud of the message, blamed the polarization between the blocs, and called for the establishment of a broad national unity government 'without the Haredim and without the Arabs.' The post was met with mockery on social media.

MK Sharan Haskel, chair of the 'Israel First' party, suffered a crushing defeat in the elections and failed to pass the electoral threshold. According to the emerging results, she received even fewer votes than the king's chain. In response, Haskel published a post in which she refused to apologize and stated: 'I am proud of the message I fought for.' She thanked the activists and wrote that the struggle was nearly impossible in an election system of two blocs during a period of polarization and poison. Haskel analyzed the results as bad for the country and claimed that Ben Gvir and Smotrich brought Israeli Arabs en masse to anti-Zionist parties. She called for the establishment of a broad national government 'without the Haredim and without the Arabs.' The post sparked mockery on social networks, including comparisons to her political past in the Likud. When asked about campaign funding, she replied that the party operated on a zero budget from donations.