The Egyptian plane affair, Qatargate, the crypto scandal, and countless other dramatic headlines targeting Netanyahu: left-wing channels haven’t stopped manufacturing controversies, but election results tell a different story. While studios raged and commentators warned, Likud strengthened in polls. Has the public stopped buying what the media is selling? The Egyptian plane affair, the Ben Zayed warning scandal, the crypto scandal, the Avi Gil affair, the Yoav Horowitz affair, Qatargate, Orbach’s WhatsApps, changing the protocols to 6:29, Ronen Bar’s lawsuit, the monkey scandal, the betrayal campaign, the Yinon Magal affair, Netanyahu will cancel the elections, Netanyahu will attack Iran for political reasons.
Catching the volume? Day after day, scandal after scandal. Giant headlines, dramatic news opens, grim faces, furrowed brows, threatening music. And in the end? Likud beat the polls and reached 26 seats. The story here isn’t Likud. The story is the other channels serving as the opposition bloc’s television arm. An unrestrained poison machine. Years of obsessive persecution, inflated scandals, bombastic declarations, and relentless attempts to engineer consciousness.
The lesson from last night’s election is that the public stopped buying this product. These elections aren’t just a test of strength for parties. They’re also a vote of confidence in Israeli media. And the public voted no confidence—absolutely. So to all the consciousness engineers, to everyone who thought they could replace the ballot with a headline: you can keep opening newscasts with a storm. The public isn’t even opening an umbrella.