MK Sharren Haskel: "As far as I am concerned, lying is not on the table"

As part of the "Election MKs" project of "HaOlam HaBoker" ("The World This Morning"), Paz Robinson seeks to meet politicians and public figures ahead of the elections in their personal space, outside the studios and routine political discussions. The project offers an unmediated glimpse into familiar figures through their leisure hobbies, with the goal of revealing the faces behind the image and the suits.

Following this, Robinson met with Member of Knesset Sharren Haskel (Chair of the Israel T'hila faction) and Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Roi Danino (member of the Israel T'hila party) for an intense game of "laser tag." When the conversation turned to the distance between the sense of camaraderie on the battlefield and political norms, the feeling of being stabbed in the back in politics was raised openly, and Haskel addressed her boundaries and stated:

"I know how to be sophisticated. As far as I am concerned, lying is not on the table."

On the other hand, against the backdrop of his reserve service and combat in the field, Danino drew a parallel between the front and home and emphasized the necessity of bringing combatants into the public arena: "There is an entire generation here that has been fighting for the country for three years just as it fights for itself, for its family, and for security - they need to be in politics."

Both also shared their struggle with the heavy personal price and the raw nerves that both military service and public life bring with them. Danino shared the difficult memories from the battlefield and the unimaginable pain he experienced, as he recounted the moments when he was required to stand before the wounded soldiers: "I lost four of my soldiers in the command post and I had to go visit the soldiers who were in the hospital to tell them that our friends had been killed."

On the other hand, the political arena also demands difficult personal and family prices. Against the background of her past in the "New Hope" and "Likud" parties, Haskel spoke about the incessant load in her work as she described the intense longing for her young daughters and family, in moments when public service pushes private life aside.

Beyond the busy agenda in the Knesset, Haskel revealed an intimate angle as someone who was trained in the past as a veterinary nurse and presented her personal vision outside the public arena: "I am a veterinary nurse by training. I want to go to the Negev, build a huge farm there, and treat animals."