PNN – In an article, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper predicted the upcoming elections in Israel as an event of great violence that would challenge the alleged democracy in the Zionist regime.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, which is the second-largest newspaper in occupied Palestine, examined the upcoming elections in the occupied territories in an article written by the newspaper’s political analyst, “Eran Aldar,” and wrote: The 2026 election will be like the 1981 election, in which fires, broken windows, street clashes, and widespread destruction of property occurred.
Yedioth Ahronoth wrote: All signs point to the upcoming election campaign being perhaps the most challenging, brutal, and violent that Israel has ever experienced. Although the official election date has not yet been set, the election campaign has already begun, and all those involved and those with vested interests, especially the two main factions, have prepared in advance, knowing that this time the election competitions and even the conflicts will be tougher than ever and uncompromising.
The Yedioth Ahronoth analyst added: This situation is very similar in nature to 1981; sectarian and religious conflict, as well as an atmosphere of aggression and violence. The seeds of electoral conflict are already visible. History never repeats itself, but there are elements that indicate the repetition of various phenomena. All you have to do is flip through the newspaper or watch the news programs.
The Hebrew media writer continued: In the 1981 elections, during the first election campaign after the political upheavals of 1977, people supported by the parties set fires, broke, shouted, cursed, punched, spat, vandalized, broke windows, and sprayed cars with tar. Even Mota Gur, a supporter of leftist parties, said to rightists: We will kill you just as we killed the Arabs.
The analyst concluded by writing: The 1981 election conflicts later took place in the Wars of Attrition (מלחמת התהתשה) and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The post-war situation in Gaza has become similar to 1981, with political settlements after the war, and the process may even resemble a civil war. This war will challenge Israel’s (alleged) democracy and may even lead to destruction.