In the end, this was a joke: Matan Tzur, a member of the band Andrados who announced earlier this week that he was running in the Jewish Home party primaries, announced today (Thursday) that it was all a hoax carried out in collaboration with Motsash magazine.
As reported on Haredim 10, Tzur posted a well-reasoned post earlier this week, in which he wrote: "This time, there is no punchline at the end. I have decided to run in the Jewish Home primaries.
""Why? There are many reasons, of course. The main reason is that I feel that there is no candidate who clearly represents the young public, and is going to fight for students and young families alike.".
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The candidacy of Tzur, who is well known for his membership in the popular entertainment group 'Andrados', became the talk of the town on the religious-nationalist street, and many wondered whether this was a serious candidacy.
For his part, Tzur set up headquarters, distributed a slogan, received hundreds of comments, and repeatedly declared that this was a 'walk to the end.'.
Now, as mentioned, Tzur admitted that this was a type of 'social experiment' conducted in collaboration with the Jewish National Council, who sought to examine how easily a young candidate with no proven public work could be run.
On the Motzash website – NRG, Tzur said: "Honestly, it was a special experience, but also a difficult one. I didn't care about the Nazis, but I hope I didn't hurt good people who immediately mobilized to support and help. I apologize if anyone was hurt, really. You can blame the Motzash system, it seems fair and appropriate to me.".
