The Shabbat Wars of Haifa
The election campaign in the city of Carmel is heating up. A week and a half before the elections, and the mayoral candidate from the Blue-White Green Party, Avihu Han, accuses the candidates David Etzioni from our Home Party, and Yona Yahav from our Haifa Party - of hiding agreements with the ultra-Orthodox factions.
Time until the plague of pigs in Haifa is eradicated
(90 days from Yona Yahav taking office)
In the 2018 elections, Einat Kalish won with an overwhelming majority after signing agreements with the ultra-orthodox factions in exchange for the vices and the coveted planning and construction portfolio given to Michi Alper Madgal LeTorah.
Abihu Han:
"The election race in Haifa is close and tense, and every vote counts, when at least a third of the public is still undecided. The turnout is an enigma, since the war and the public mood, as well as the winter - may leave many people at home. I am not ashamed to say that the turnout among the ultra-Orthodox residents of Haifa is higher than among the seculars, we see it in the representation in the city council, which is why they are courted the most. We know about the distribution of the support of the ultra-Orthodox between the Zionists of Lihav, this was also reported in ultra-Orthodox media. I demand to know what was promised orally and what is written in the agreements."
Avihu Han is the chairman of the Green Blue and White faction, which won 4 mandates in the previous elections, and served as the opposition to Mayor Einat Kalish throughout the term. In his work, there are notable achievements for preserving the secular image of Haifa, such as his fight for the abolition of gender segregation in sports, which was indeed abolished, A walkout against Avi Maoz's student cell at the Technion and actions to strengthen public transportation on Shabbat, including the operation of the Carmelite and the cable car on the day of rest.

Avihu Han: "I believe in the animal and let it live and I have no intention of harming the ultra-Orthodox public in the city, at the same time I do not intend to give up the values and the well-known and good Haifa character. I have also been approached by emissaries of ultra-Orthodox factions asking me to moderate my demand for public transportation in the Carmel on Shabbat, for example, which in general Can work as a Shabbat elevator."
Han adds: "Now ahead of the elections and perhaps ahead of Purim, we are witnessing secular council members and members masquerading as liberals. They are talking about activating Carmelite on Shabbat on TikTok, but when I brought the issue to the city council, those same members and council members went to the bathroom. I suggest to the Haifa public that wants To maintain the good character of Haifa and to check action, which they will only find in me and the blue-white green faction."
All the best to you my friend Aviahu Han. Successfully
Kalish was chosen due to Yahav not realizing that the residents were fed up
Would Kalish have been elected without the deal she made with the ultra-Orthodox?