I've Been Thinking:
Israelis are about to
vote.
On the lighter side, one candidate's water broke and she ran to
the hospital with Zippi Livni, the party head, accompanying her.
On a
more serious note, and this is an issue that concerns me a lot, on the eve of
the election Shas is giving out blessings and amulets in exchange for votes.
The amulets are called kamayahs.
Giving blessings in exchange
for a vote is totally illegal. It is even more powerful an incentive in certain
communities than paying people to vote.
The kamayahs come from Rabbi
Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party and one of the undisputed
greatest rabbis in the world today. So even non religious people and certainly
people who are religious will vote in exchange for a kamayah that promises
economic success.
Shas was fined 37000 shekels which is a out $9000.
The fine is a drop in the bucket and will have no impact.
The
kamayah will most certainly have an impact on this election.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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