Many were enraged the last time Knesset dissolved itself (well, the last time for this calendar year at least). Words such as "unnecessary" and "scandalous" were thrown around and the main culprits were, of course, the members of Knesset.
From incandescent posts on social media to constantly rambling pundits, everyone points an accusatory finger at the elected officials for what is perceived to be a childish indulgence easily prevented.
Some even call to withhold the lawmakers' salaries. What's the problem with that? They did not work at all anyway, did they?
The rage is understandable. Many of us struggle to make ends meet while the Knesset members' not insubstantial wages are always a sore point.
Next month, our elected officials will automatically get another increase in their salaries, right at the zenith of this despairing election imbroglio.
But these calls to punish our lawgivers for the political instability is like shooting the public in the foot.
We need our Knesset members stronger and freer than ever to represent us in such tumultuous times of uncertainty.
At times like these, MKs are working their hardest - or at least supposed to be.
They need to serve as the voice of their voters and set clear boundaries in their names, such as deciding with whom to sit in the government, what kind of diktats can they afford to live with and what compromises they can and can't make.
Here's a little open secret: this is their most important role, not legislation. Most legislation, especially on more timely matters, is carried out by various government departments pending their approval in the plenum.
The MKs' most critical task is to monitor the government – they attend the various Knesset committees, raise questions, use their diplomatic immunity to expose sensitive information and demand answers from ministers.
They are the ones making noise when enormous budgets change hands under the table, when tycoons receive massive tax breaks, when important reforms get canceled overnight and they are also supposed to decide according to the will of the voters where the red lines are.
Would you like your elected officials to supplement their income by working at a kiosk at such crucial times?
It is in our best interest that our lawmakers make a decent living.
The goal is to draw economists, scientists, jurists, social workers, intellectuals and activists to the Knesset and there's no shortage of such individuals there.
It's a shame when someone unfit to serve as MK manages to slide their way in, but we can't judge the entire legislature by this tiny minority.
It must be said that being a "professional" politico is a very expensive business that takes years to bear any fruit.
Primary party elections can cost hundreds of thousands of shekels; politicians aren't working during these long months of campaigning and some of them don't even end up making the cut.
When Democratic Union MK Stav Shaffir was first elected to parliament, she kept living in her shared apartment and paid back colossal debts after a long and expensive campaign.
It's easy to forget, but these elections we're going into (again) are not trivial. The disagreement around the formation of a government is no accident - it's a battle over the character of the State of Israel, political boundaries and agendas.
We've elected these people to best represent our interests and that is exactly what they're tasked to do, even if it means not forming a government.
Keep in mind, there's no one who wants these elections less than our 120 tired and battered lawmakers, for whom any such campaign could end in unemployment.