Ronnie Teram Gilad spent $3,000 to travel from Boston to Israel for just 36 hours to vote in the country’s first national elections since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.
Gilad is one of thousands of Israelis making the trip for what many voters are calling an existential decision.
She told
@CBSMATTGUTMAN that she wants to make a difference: “My fingers are crossed that we fulfill what we came here for.”