Opposite result: The left's contempt for Netanyahu voters will cost them dearly

Rami Piro argues that the ongoing contempt of the leftist elite for Netanyahu voters, expressed in nicknames like 'Chachachim' and 'Bibists', may actually strengthen their resolve and lead to another Netanyahu victory at the ballot box. Piro cites statements by Galia Albin, Dudu Topaz, Tiki Dayan, and Haim Hefer as examples of condescension, and calls on right-wing voters to respond at the polls.

In an opinion column, Rami Piro argues that the ongoing contempt of the elite associated with the left for Netanyahu voters, expressed in nicknames like 'Chachachim' and 'Bibists', may actually achieve the opposite result and strengthen the voters' resolve. Piro cites a series of historical statements as examples of condescension: Galia Albin's words that 'the Bibists are only Mizrahim', Dudu Topaz's nickname 'Chachachim' from 1981, Tiki Dayan's calling Likud voters 'riffraff from the market' in 1999, and Haim Hefer's remarks about the Moroccan community. Piro argues that this condescension stems from the elite's inability to accept that people choose Netanyahu out of sound judgment, and that another Netanyahu victory would be a stinging political failure for those who show contempt. The tone is political-polemical, using charged language like 'condescending elite' and 'shallowness of argument'.