Joint List Petitions to Stop Ben-Gvir Exploiting Arab Home Demolitions for Campaign Ads
Translated & summarized from Panet by baba
The Joint List has petitioned Israel's Central Elections Committee to prevent Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from using Arab home demolitions for electoral propaganda. The petition cites a video posted by Ben-Gvir at a demolition site and alleges that eviction proceedings are being initiated near election day. The Joint List seeks to stop the exploitation of these actions for campaign purposes, aiming to counter the government's alleged strategy to suppress Arab votes.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- The Joint List filed an urgent petition against Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and his party over election propaganda.
- The petition demands an end to exploiting Arab home demolitions and evictions for political campaign purposes.
- Ben-Gvir posted a video from a demolition site, boasting about government bulldozers.
- The Joint List alleges evictions are being initiated specifically around election day.
- The group aims to prevent the suppression of Arab votes through fear and despair.
- The Joint List vows to respond at the ballot box on October 27.
The Joint List announced Sunday it has filed an urgent petition with the Central Elections Committee chairman against Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, his Otzma Yehudit party, the police, and land enforcement authorities. The petition demands an end to the exploitation of politically motivated demolitions and evictions in the Arab community for electoral propaganda.
According to the Joint List's statement, Ben-Gvir posted a video from the site of a building demolition in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Tur, where he was seen with bulldozers and police, boasting that "government bulldozers do not rest." The petition also points to the initiation of eviction proceedings for properties that have been occupied for over twenty years, with timelines beginning specifically on election day.
The Joint List is seeking orders to prevent the minister and his party from using demolitions and evictions for campaign purposes. They also want to stop police and enforcement authorities from deploying their personnel and equipment to aid this propaganda or scheduling demolitions to serve electoral interests.
The Joint List asserted that Ben-Gvir must be prevented from turning the demolition of Arab homes into electoral material. They believe his goal, along with the Netanyahu government, is to carry out demolitions and evictions on the eve of and during elections to instill fear and despair, thereby suppressing votes in the Arab community.
Concluding their statement, the Joint List affirmed that demolition policies will not intimidate them. They stated they will not allow this "fierce attack" on their community to be used to discourage voters, and their response will be at the ballot box on October 27, aiming to "irrevocably" remove Ben-Gvir and the "demolition and destruction government."
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