Voting Guide: Jewish Community Releases Candidate List Supporting Israel

Original article: Guía de Votación: Comunidad Judía difunde nómina de candidatos a favor de posiciones de Israel

The document urges members of the Jewish Community to select candidates based on their stance regarding the genocide of Israel in Gaza.

The document, titled «Voting Guide for the 2025 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: Chile Supports Israel,» has sparked controversy as it serves as a guideline for Chileans—regardless of religion or belief—to choose their representatives. Its goal is to support candidates committed to the Jewish people and promoting «peace and healthy coexistence.» Additionally, it aims to prevent individuals deemed «accomplices of Palestinian terrorism»—as stated in the Guide—from holding these positions.

The guide identifies presidential candidates to «not vote for,» primarily left-wing figures who have criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza. Jeannette Jara is opposed for her intention to suspend diplomatic relations, while Eduardo Artés is noted for declaring the ideology of Zionism as fascist, Nazi, genocidal, and infanticidal. Marco Enríquez-Ominami and Harold Mayne-Nicholls are also included in the list.

On the other side, recommended candidates for «yes vote» are predominantly far-right and center-right individuals recognized for their support, such as José Antonio Kast, labeled as a «faithful ally of Israel,» Franco Parisi for considering Israel as a friendly nation and strategic partner, and Evelyn Matthei for not having shown «disrespect to an ambassador as this government has done,» they noted. Johannes Kaiser is even included, having stated that only Christian Palestinian refugees should be allowed to come to Chile.

Legally, this type of dissemination is considered undue electoral influence. Although the guide does not use threats or rewards, its purpose is to direct votes and «determine» the election of representatives, which could be interpreted as ideological coercion on voter freedom, aiming to ensure that voters act under instructions for a specific cause.

Ultimately, the guide extends its recommendations to the elections for Deputies in the Metropolitan Region. Candidates to «yes vote» are those who have generally opposed resolutions calling for a commercial and arms boycott of Israel or who are part of the Chile-Israel Interparliamentary Group. Most of the candidates listed for «not voting» belong to left-wing coalitions.

A directive that outlines which candidacies are complicit in Zionism and genocide in Palestine.