Smotrich's Election Campaign in Hesder Yeshivas May Violate Propaganda Laws
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Minister Bezalel Smotrich visited six Hesder yeshivas, where many students are soldiers, for a propaganda tour. Legal experts suggest this may violate election laws prohibiting soldiers from engaging in propaganda. The tour included a propaganda video and a "phone command center" at one of the yeshivas.
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- Minister Bezalel Smotrich visited six Hesder yeshivas for a propaganda tour.
- Legal experts believe the tour may violate election laws regarding soldier propaganda.
- The tour included a propaganda video and a "phone command center."
- Hesder yeshivas are state-funded educational institutions with soldier-students.
Minister and Religious Zionism party chairman Bezalel Smotrich conducted a propaganda tour this week, visiting at least six Hesder yeshivas where many students are soldiers serving in the regular army. The tour, which included a propaganda video featuring the head of the Ramat Gan Hesder Yeshiva and the establishment of a "phone command center" at another Hesder yeshiva, has raised legal concerns. Legal experts believe that using state-funded educational institutions with a student body of soldiers for partisan political activity presents significant legal difficulties and may violate election laws that prohibit soldiers from participating in propaganda.
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