Rabbi Warns Right-Wing Voters Against Wasted Ballots
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu of Safed warned right-wing voters against casting ballots for parties unlikely to pass the electoral threshold. He stated that a single vote could decide between Netanyahu and Izankot for prime minister and influence the Supreme Court's composition. The rabbi urged voters to consider their ballot decisive, even using a hypothetical scenario involving a prophet to stress the point. His message focused on voting for parties with a chance to enter the Knesset.
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- Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu cautioned right-wing voters against casting ballots for parties unlikely to pass the electoral threshold.
- He warned that a single vote could determine the next prime minister and the coalition's makeup.
- The rabbi presented a choice between Netanyahu and Izankot, and between settlement building and evacuation.
- Eliyahu highlighted the potential impact on the Supreme Court's ideological balance.
- He urged voters to treat their ballot as potentially decisive in the election outcome.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Safed and father of Minister Amihai Eliyahu, has urged right-wing voters to consider the impact of their choices in the upcoming elections. In a recorded message, he cautioned against casting votes for parties with low chances of crossing the electoral threshold, warning that a single vote could determine the next prime minister and the composition of the government.
Rabbi Eliyahu presented a stark choice for voters, pitting Netanyahu against Izankot, and the future of settlements against their potential evacuation. He also highlighted the potential impact on the makeup of the Supreme Court, suggesting that a vote for a non-qualifying party could lead to a court with nine left-wing justices versus nine right-wing justices.
"One must consider a situation where one vote is decisive between Izankot as prime minister and Bibi as prime minister. Between the evacuation of settlements and the building of settlements, between nine judges who are left in the Supreme Court and nine judges who are right in the Supreme Court," the rabbi stated.
He emphasized the responsibility of each voter, urging them to treat their ballot as potentially decisive. Rabbi Eliyahu even used an extreme analogy, saying that even a prophet's instruction would be disregarded if it contradicted the voter's own judgment about their crucial vote. While he did not name specific parties, his message focused on the importance of voting for parties with a realistic chance of entering the Knesset.
