Olympic athletes, an actress - and Yigal Amir's mother: The people you didn't know are running for Knesset
The article reveals surprising names on the candidate lists for the 26th Knesset: Avi Shaked, a "socialist millionaire"; Geula Amir and Larisa Trimbobler, the mother and wife of Yigal Amir; Olympic athletes Alex Averbukh and Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman; poet Ronny Somek; actress Esti Zakheim; author Talma Aligon-Roz; and Professor Dan Ariely, who arrived wearing a pirate hat.
The article surveys unusual candidates on the lists for the 26th Knesset, alongside familiar politicians. Among the contenders: Avi Shaked, a businessman who calls himself a "socialist millionaire" and heads a Jewish-Arab party named "Together We Will Succeed"; Geula Amir, mother of Yigal Amir, and Larisa Trimbobler, his wife, placed on the "Justice" list demanding a retrial for Amir. Also on the lists are Olympic athletes: Alex Averbukh, European pole vault champion, placed 41st on "Yashar!" headed by Gadi Eisenkot; Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman, former fencer who represented Israel in three Olympics, placed 74th on Bennett and Lapid's "Together". Poet Ronny Somek was placed 120th and last on the list. Actress Esti Zakheim, winner of two Ophir Awards, is 68th on the Democrats list. Author Talma Aligon-Roz is 95th on the Democrats. Professor Dan Ariely, a behavioral economics researcher, was placed third on the Pirate Party list and arrived wearing a pirate hat. It also emerges that Yoav Segalovich, second on the Ra'am list, is the only Jew among 73 candidates on the list. The last 13 spots on the Democrats list are allocated as an honor row for former senior figures from Labor and Meretz, including Zehava Galon, Amram Mitzna, Colette Avital, and Ephraim Sneh.