Politics05:21 · Oct 10, 2025

Israeli abroad fight for voting rights for pilots and flight attendants

HaaretzCenter-left
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
The story · English

A piece published under the headline about an Israeli who went as far as Antarctica to explain what can be learned from lichen is accompanied by a political argument about Israelis abroad and voting rights. The article says that many Israelis in Boston work in high-tech and elite institutions, but around 1,000 votes are effectively being wasted because the state does not allow pilots and flight attendants to vote.

The text also quotes criticism that the issue is not being taken lightly, including the line, "Because I have been through what I have been through, the girls cannot fool me that they are okay." It then turns to wider commentary on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he has gone too far in his appetite for war and that the circle of opponents to continuing the "madness" is growing.

Other items in the text note that there is no longer a claim of a "historic victory," that NIS 107 million was invested in the Great Synagogue to turn back time, and that there is a cost to the open channel between Barak Ravid and U.S. President Donald Trump. The next step is not specified.

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