Party's Fake Draft Notices Spark Outrage, Bereaved Family Denies Receiving Them
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
The Yashar party is facing backlash for a campaign allegedly sending fake military draft notices as election propaganda. Reports claimed these letters were sent to bereaved families, including one attributed to Esti Yaniv. However, Esti and Shalom Yaniv have now denied receiving any such letter or issuing a response, asking for their personal loss not to be used in political disputes.
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- Yashar party allegedly sent fake military draft notices as election propaganda.
- Letters reportedly targeted citizens and bereaved families, including sons of fallen soldiers.
- A statement attributed to Esti Yaniv claimed receipt of a distressful campaign letter.
- Esti and Shalom Yaniv have denied receiving any letter or issuing a response.
- The Yanivs requested their bereavement not be used for political purposes.
A political campaign by the Yashar party has ignited controversy after allegedly sending letters resembling military draft notices (Tzav 8) to citizens as a form of election propaganda. The campaign, reportedly led by Eisenkot, aims to criticize the Haredi community for not enlisting in the army. Reports indicated that such letters were also sent to bereaved families, purportedly addressed to their fallen sons. Initially, a statement attributed to Esti Yaniv, whose two sons Hillel and Yagel were killed in a terrorist attack in Huwara, claimed she received a letter that appeared to be a draft notice for her sons, causing her distress until she realized it was campaign material. However, Esti and Shalom Yaniv have now issued a joint statement denying the incident and the attributed response. "In the last few hours, a response was issued in our name regarding a letter we allegedly received from the Yashar party. We hereby clarify that this event did not happen and was not created. We did not receive a letter, and certainly did not respond to it," they wrote. The couple further requested that their personal grief not be exploited for political struggles, stating, "We ask, especially in these days, not to use our bereavement for political purposes."
