While the rabbonim of the Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Agudas Yisrael, Shas and Degel Hatorah announced the Million Man Atzeres Tefilla will take place on Sunday, 7 Adar II 5774, some askanim are trying to postpone the event until after the Beit Shemesh election, which his set for Tuesday, 9 Adar II.
Two explanations given are that if supporters of Eli Cohen see hundreds of thousands of chareidim taking part in an atzeres two days before the elections, it may result in more voters from that camp casting their ballot on Election Day. Other fear the fanatics will use the atzeres to gain notoriety and this will play out poorly in the media, with the latter waiting to catch chareidim in a compromising position ahead of the election.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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maybe it should be on taanis esther if the whole idea is lech knos kol hayehudim and then it can be tzom and tefilla to try to break the gezeira…
It needs to be done on a day people have time and not right before purim when people are busy. Also it should be done more towards the beginning of the week so people won’t be locked up over shabbos in jail. Also there should be a crowd of at least twenty to fifty thousand all week sorrounding the kenesset. This will make an impact in world media as a similar uprising like ukraine and egypt. If fifty thousand jews can rush the kenneset building in middle of the night it could change the government. Todays government leaders in israel are highly suspicious of each other. Netanyahu fears lapid and bennet and foreighn agencies like Americas cia would love to topple natanyahu. They may pour millions to finance chareidi protests as a means to overrthrow natenyahu. They tried it when perez ran against natenyahu.