This January I find myself a spectator and
confused critic of the election season. I have played these roles before during
election campaigns in Israel. This January is quite different. As a recent olah
I can now play an active role in this year’s election. While I find myself more
critical than ever before of the current government and the election campaigns
of the right-bloc parties, I am more confident in my support for Avoda and
Shelly Yachimovich. There are many reasons why I am supporting the Avoda of
today, one of which is Shelly’s demand for a government pay freeze. She has
seen the salaries of Knesset members grow considerably faster than the salaries
of average Israelis and promoting a government pay freeze is one step she can
take to prevent the widening of an ever intensifying socio-economic gap in
Israel.
-Hyla, an olah from Canada
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