In fact, the elections have already been disrupted

Eitan Orkibi claims that the real election disruption is the Netanyahu trial, designed to neutralize the prime minister and remove him from the political arena. According to him, the leaders of the Change Bloc enjoy the 'fruit of the poisoned tree' and know they had no chance against Netanyahu without the trial.

Eitan Orkibi argues in an opinion piece in Israel Hayom that the real election disruption is not the threats spread by 'consciousness engineers' ahead of the elections, but the Netanyahu trial itself. According to him, the indictment was intended to neutralize Netanyahu and remove him from the political arena, and on its basis a protest movement was established, a camp was formed, and a new political norm of disqualifying Netanyahu and Likud was woven. The writer claims that in an alternative history without indictments, none of the contenders for the crown—Bennett, Lapid, Eisenkot, Lieberman—had a real chance. He accuses Avichai Mandelblit, Shai Nitzan, Roni Alsheikh, Liat Ben Ari, and Yehudit Tirosh of disrupting Israeli democracy and removing a popular political leader, while denying Israeli citizens the right to vote. The article compares the situation to the eve of October 7, claiming that the heads of the security establishment are again appointed as 'gatekeepers' with a moral duty to prevent Netanyahu from disrupting the elections.

In fact, the elections have already been disrupted