Some Israeli officials are using this season of teshuvah for political repentance — begging the forgiveness of voters they betrayed this year
“They have all the sincerity of a recorded on-hold message,” quips journalist Shalom Yerushalmi, who sat down with Mishpacha for a survey of political apologies in Israel.
Yerushalmi is one of the most experienced and respected political commentators in the field, and in a profession known for its ruthlessness, he is seen as one of its fairer-minded practitioners. He began his career in the ’80s with the Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha’ir, and has since then appeared in almost every Israeli media outlet.
And, in a special chareidi angle, Yerushalmi co-authored the book Moment of Truth — an account of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s dialogue with Israeli decision-makers —with Mishpacha editors Aryeh Ehrlich and Yossi Elituv.
Ahead of Yom Kippur, we sat down with Yerushalmi to discuss some notable political apologies in Israel over the past three decades, starting with current events.
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