One moment at the Carmel Market showed that there is unity among the people. Until a customer opened his mouth
Avner explained that he would choose Benjamin Netanyahu, because he is the "King of the Jews and the world". His neighbor from Jaffa will vote for the Joint List, but the atmosphere was good. And then, one sentence changed everything. "Hayom" magazine goes out to tour the country with a mobile ballot box — and returns to tell the story. "Ballot box on the way": a new section.
Where: Carmel Market, Tel Aviv
When: Thursday, 10:00
Most: The Democrats and Likud
Least: Yisrael Beiteinu
None at all: Shas
Most original: "I don't believe anyone"
Election committee: Karni Eldad
10:00 in the morning and it is already hot in Tel Aviv. The flow of shoppers is relatively sparse for a Thursday at the Carmel Market. The fruits and vegetables wait in neat rows, ripe and fresh. Although we are at a market, most people are grim-faced. Few of them are smiling. While the customers mostly keep silent, the stall owners heat up the atmosphere. Avner Mizrahi comes to the front of his beautiful stall to explain why he is choosing Benjamin Netanyahu ("The King of all Jews and the world"), while his neighbor from Jaffa actually chooses the Joint List. Despite the gaps between them and the enthusiastic discussion, the atmosphere remains good.
This is not the case when a customer arrives who declares that he is voting for the Democrats party and explains to Avner why, and mainly — why not for Benjamin Netanyahu ("He destroyed our country"). The discussion heats up. More customers and more sellers join in, the tones rise. The discussion quickly deteriorates into shouting and ethnic discourse. The stall owner opposite identifies the ballot box as an inflammatory factor and demands that it be removed immediately.
In this ballot box, there is high representation for the extreme left and the Arab parties (14), and little for the extreme right (2). The center parties win a majority of 19 voters, divided between Benjamin Netanyahu (11) and Bennett and Eisenkot, who receive 4 votes each, and Avigdor Lieberman settles for a single voter.
