Netanyahu Must Remove Iran Video From Personal Accounts
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Noam Solberg, ruled that a video by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu filmed at an Air Force base contains election propaganda and must be removed from his personal social media accounts. The video, which discusses security and uses public assets, was deemed to violate election law when posted on private accounts. However, Solberg permitted the video to remain on official government accounts. Netanyahu and the Likud party were ordered to pay NIS 2,500 in legal expenses.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Prime Minister Netanyahu's video from an Air Force base was ruled to contain election propaganda.
- The video must be removed from Netanyahu's personal accounts but can stay on official ones.
- The ruling came from Central Elections Committee Chairman, Judge Noam Solberg.
- A non-profit argued the video improperly used public assets for campaign purposes.
- Netanyahu and the Likud party must pay NIS 2,500 in legal costs.
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, ruled on Tuesday that a video filmed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at an Air Force base contains elements of election propaganda. He ordered that the video be removed from Netanyahu's personal accounts but allowed it to remain on official government accounts.
The video, released a week prior, shows the Prime Minister standing at an Air Force base with a military aircraft in the background. Netanyahu spoke about security matters, stating, "I am not letting this happen, I will not let this happen" in response to calls to withdraw from military achievements, using the first-person plural throughout.
A non-profit organization, "Lawyers for the Advancement of Proper Administration," petitioned the committee, arguing that the video's content constituted the use of public assets for election propaganda, violating election law. Solberg determined the video's content was mixed, serving both as election propaganda and a public message to other countries.
Solberg explained that the location of publication is significant. While publication on official accounts conveys a message from the state, publication on personal accounts conveys a message from the candidate. Since the use of public assets (an IDF base and an Air Force plane) was undisputed, publication on personal accounts violates the law. As the petition was only partially accepted, Netanyahu and the Likud party were ordered to pay the petitioner NIS 2,500 in expenses.
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