Israel Election Panel Orders Likud to Remove Billboards Featuring Arab Lawmakers
Summarized from Haaretz English by baba
Israel's Central Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg ordered the Likud party to remove billboards featuring opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot alongside Arab lawmakers Ahmad Tibi and Mansour Abbas. The committee ruled the signs misleading because they were advertised in Arabic in areas where most residents do not read the language. The Likud party was instructed to take down the advertisements.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Election committee chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg ordered Likud to remove billboards.
- The billboards featured opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with Arab lawmakers.
- The signs were deemed misleading due to their use of Arabic text in non-Arabic speaking areas.
- Justice Noam Sohlberg chairs the Central Elections Committee.
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