Israeli Hollywood star Gal Gadot votes in 26th Israeli Knesset elections

Israeli Hollywood star Gal Gadot voted in the 26th Knesset elections on Tuesday, posting a video on Instagram urging Israelis to vote. She also received an honorary doctorate from Bar Ilan University on Monday, where she spoke about antisemitism and the importance of the elections. An estimated 70,000-plus Israelis living abroad returned home to vote.

Israeli Hollywood star Gal Gadot voted in the 26th Israeli Knesset elections on Tuesday, posting a video on her Instagram story from a polling station. In the video, she urged Israelis to exercise their democratic right, saying in Hebrew, "I'm exercising my right to vote, and I'm asking you all to go out and exercise your most basic, most important right." She also referenced the Hebrew expression "pa'amim ki tov" for a double blessing. Gadot, who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four daughters, was in Israel to receive an honorary doctorate from Bar Ilan University on Monday. At the ceremony, she spoke about antisemitism and the importance of the elections, calling them "the most momentous election this country has seen in years." She will appear on the comedy show Eretz Nehederet on Tuesday night. An estimated 70,000-plus Israelis living abroad returned home to vote.