Tens of Thousands of Expats Are Expected to Fly Back for Israel’s First Vote After Years of Battle and Bloodshed
It is Israel’s first vote after these years of battle and bloodshed. NPR describes a public that is defiant but weary after three years of incessant war, enraged at its enemies and also at its leaders.
Tens of thousands of expats are expected to fly back to cast ballots, since Israel does not allow absentee voting.
NPR frames the vote around a question: will Israelis vote out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition of far-right, ultranationalist and religious political parties because he failed to prevent the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust?
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The expat detail makes the vote feel lived-in: tens of thousands of people are expected to get on planes because there is no absentee ballot.
It is also a filter. A no-absentee rule turns a ballot into a journey, which is a different ask from marking a form at home.