Politics enters pilot season: The cast is ready, but where's the script? | Adv. Ilana Shoshan

In her opinion column, Adv. Ilana Shoshan compares Hollywood's pilot season to Israel's election period, arguing that party leaders are casting their lists without a clear platform. She calls for changing the electoral system to include regional elections, so that Knesset members will be loyal to voters rather than to the party leader.

In an opinion column, Adv. Ilana Shoshan compares Hollywood's pilot season to Israel's election period. While in Hollywood actors are cast according to an existing script, in Israel party leaders cast the Knesset list without a clear platform. In the past, the platform was a binding document in which parties presented their positions and priorities. Today, she claims, the public is only sold a poster with names. The core problem is that when a party leader chooses the list members, he controls their political career, so they are loyal to him rather than to the voters. Shoshan calls for changing the electoral system to include regional elections, which would allow voters to choose representatives directly and require Knesset members to listen to voters in their region. She emphasizes that elections are not a soap opera, and that before committing to salaries for four years, one must insist on a clear script and on the cast being chosen by the public.