Pe'er Lee Shahar: The Days of the War of Consciousness Engineering

Pe'er Lee Shahar analyzes the efforts of the right and the Likud to erase the memory of recent years' events through consciousness engineering, mixing truth and lies, and widening the rifts in Israeli society. She cites examples such as the official version of October 7 versus the publication of Netanyahu's testimony, the investigation by Bergman and Rubovitz, and the testimony of former military secretary Avi Gil. Shahar claims the coalition is performing a deep erasure of the past to influence voters ahead of the elections.

Pe'er Lee Shahar analyzes in an opinion piece what she calls the 'war of consciousness engineering' taking place in Israel ahead of the elections on October 27, 2026. According to her, the right and the Likud seek to perform a deep erasure of everything that happened in the last four years, mixing truth and lies and widening the rifts in society. She brings several examples: the official version of the October 7 events submitted to the State Comptroller versus the publication of Benjamin Netanyahu's own testimony; the investigation by Ronen Bergman and Yuval Rubovitz revealing the concealment of truth in Netanyahu's statement; the testimony of former military secretary Avi Gil, following which he was subjected to defamation, including from commentator Arel Segal who said that 'Avi Gil's combat experience is less than a Givati sergeant today'; the admission of Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman that he changed the time they woke Netanyahu from 06:40 to 06:29; and the report that hostages were killed in captivity because the prime minister succumbed to political pressure. Shahar also addresses phenomena of racism, Jewish terrorism, and Haredi draft evasion, and calls on the public to choose change at the ballot box.