Israel Election Official Orders Minister to Remove Prison Propaganda Video
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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- Minister Ben-Gvir ordered to remove prison video by election official.
- Video deemed illegal election propaganda by the committee chairman.
- Filming in prison for political purposes is prohibited.
- Ben-Gvir exploited public resources for his campaign, ruling stated.
- Minister must also pay petitioners' expenses.
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, has ordered National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to remove a video from social media. The video shows Ben-Gvir confronting a security prisoner, Hassan Salameh. Petitioners against the video argued that filming inside a prison violates the prohibition on using public assets for election propaganda.
Sohlberg accepted the petitioners' argument, ruling that "Minister Ben-Gvir boasted about his actions, described his future political plan, and conveyed a personal message that only the minister deters." He concluded that "the purpose of the video is election propaganda, not deterrence." The ruling also stated that Ben-Gvir "fully exploited his advantage in accessing public resources within the prison." The committee chairman also ordered Ben-Gvir to pay the petitioners' expenses.
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