Breaking into our lives throughout the elections for the 25th Knesset in 2022, disappearing from public life during her service in the IDF, and reemerging towards the 2026 elections, Hadar Muchtar has been one of the most notable politicians on social media this past year, advocating mainly for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and against “the leftists” in Israel. She also attempted to run in the Likud party primaries but was rejected for insufficient seniority. But as with many other politicians, there are a few critical flaws in both her actions and the very roots of the dialogue she is engaging in that are somewhat unclear when reviewing them properly.

The first time I encountered Hadar Muchtar was through one of her videos on “TikTok,” in which she expressed the urgent need for a solution to Israel’s housing crisis back in 2021. Around the same time, she also launched her party, “Fiery Youth,” which she was too young to run as the leader of. She stood in front of the camera and spoke logically about the ridiculous prices young people, like her, face when searching for a place to live. Soon after, a reporter on Israeli Channel 12 reported that Muchtar owns an apartment in Haifa. Of course, she claimed that it was actually her parents’ house, purchased under her name, and that she wasn’t living in it at all, a claim that........

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