Gal Gadot takes a cab ride in Israel's election night satire

Gal Gadot climbed into the back seat of a yellow cab on Tuesday night, just after Israeli polls closed. She appeared on Eretz Nehederet, a long-running satirical program on Channel 12. The broadcast was split into two segments. The first aired before voting ended. The second followed exit polls that showed no clear winner.

The show featured Asher, a fictional cab driver played by actor Yuval Semo. He picked up passengers who had traveled from abroad to vote. More than 70,000 Israelis returned for this election. Gadot sat in the back seat, and Asher asked if she was there to vote or to perform on The Masked Singer. She confirmed she was voting. Earlier in the day, she posted an Instagram story saying she backed an opposition party without naming it.

Gadot said she had lived outside Israel for nearly 12 years. When Asher asked for her choice, she whispered the party name. The audio was bleeped out when he tried to announce it over a megaphone. She quoted the sage Hillel the Elder, asking, "If not now, when?" She also discussed being Jewish and Israeli in Hollywood. She said it is hard to be Israeli abroad right now. She mentioned wearing a mask when going out and giving Americans context. She noted that what is seen from the US differs from what is seen from Israel.

Gadot said she plans to return to Israel with her husband and four daughters. Three of the children were born in the United States. The family is currently building a house in Israel. The sketch ended with Gadot taking the steering wheel. She referenced her role in the Fast and Furious franchise and turned the cab into a flying car.

The first half of the special included other political sketches. Former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot was portrayed as a wrestler holding a sawed-off shotgun. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw a gold suitcase of cash. This referenced Qatari money sent to Hamas with government approval. Another sketch showed Netanyahu holding a toy mushroom cloud. This mocked an AI image he released showing Tel Aviv destroyed by an Iranian bomb. Naftali Bennett was shown missing his vote while talking to older citizens. Former prime ministers Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Ariel Sharon appeared confused by AI commercials.

The second half focused on the inconclusive results. Eisenkot, Bennett, and Avigdor Liberman were cast as game show contestants. They tried to walk back promises not to work with Arab or ultra-Orthodox parties. Ofer Winter and Yoseph Haddad of the People of Israel Party appeared upset that their party missed the Knesset threshold. Haddad joked that he seemed to be the only Arab not elected. This referenced the strong performance of Arab parties. The show ended with host Eyal Kitzis handing the broadcast to Channel 12 news anchor Yonit Levi. He skipped his usual line about Israel being a wonderful country.