Election Propaganda Ruling: Netanyahu Ordered to Remove Air Force Base Video
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove a video filmed at an Air Force base from his private social media accounts, citing election propaganda. The video can remain on official Prime Minister's Office accounts. Netanyahu and the Likud party were ordered to pay 2,500 shekels in expenses to the petitioner.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Prime Minister Netanyahu must remove an Air Force base video from his private accounts due to election propaganda.
- The Central Elections Committee ruled the video contained election propaganda, distinguishing between official and private accounts.
- The video is permitted to stay on the official Prime Minister's Office social media channels.
- Netanyahu and the Likud party must pay 2,500 shekels in expenses to the petitioner.
- This ruling is part of several recent decisions regarding Netanyahu's use of public resources for political purposes.
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, has ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove a video filmed last week at an Air Force base from his private social media accounts. Solberg ruled that the video contained elements of election propaganda, distinguishing between official government accounts and the Prime Minister's personal ones.
While the video must be removed from Netanyahu's private accounts, Solberg permitted it to remain on the official accounts of the Prime Minister's Office. The ruling stated that publications on official accounts serve as a message from the state, whereas on personal accounts, the message is from the candidate. The committee noted that after the video was posted on official channels, there was no clear official need for its reposting on personal accounts.
The decision came after an appeal by the "Lawyers for Promoting Proper Administration" association, which argued that the video, featuring Netanyahu at an Air Force base with an aircraft in the background, constituted the use of public assets for election propaganda, in violation of election law. The video showed Netanyahu discussing security matters and using the first-person plural.
Solberg acknowledged that the video contained both election propaganda and a public message to other countries. However, he determined that the use of public assets, specifically the IDF base and Air Force plane, in the private accounts violated the law. As the petition was only partially accepted, Netanyahu and the Likud party were ordered to pay the petitioner 2,500 shekels in expenses.
This ruling follows a previous decision by Solberg just two days prior, where he also found Netanyahu to be using the IDF and public resources for election propaganda, imposing personal expenses on him. Solberg has adjudicated six petitions concerning Netanyahu's use of public resources for political publications, with five being accepted in full or in part.
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