Election Committee Rejects Petitions Against Netanyahu's Military Base Campaign Video
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Noam Sohlberg, rejected petitions against a campaign video by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu filmed at an Air Force base. Sohlberg ruled the video's security and deterrence message did not constitute prohibited election propaganda. He cautioned that future similar videos might be considered propaganda, depending on the circumstances.
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- Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg rejected petitions against a Netanyahu campaign video.
- The video, filmed at an Air Force base, was deemed a security and deterrence message.
- Sohlberg ruled the video did not violate election propaganda laws.
- He warned future similar videos might be considered propaganda.
- This was the second such video released by Netanyahu from an Air Force base recently.
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, on Sunday rejected petitions filed against a campaign video released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The video, filmed at an Air Force base, featured Netanyahu with a fighter jet in the background, warning the country's enemies against harming Israel. Petitioners argued the video constituted prohibited election propaganda and violated the law against using public assets for campaign purposes.
Sohlberg ruled that the Prime Minister's remarks in the video served a security and deterrence purpose, thus not qualifying as election propaganda and providing no grounds for its removal. However, he cautioned that as Netanyahu has made similar statements recently, future publications might be deemed election propaganda depending on the circumstances.
This was the second such video released by Netanyahu from an Air Force base in the past month. A similar video on December 29, filmed at Tel Nof Air Force base, also featured Netanyahu issuing a warning to enemies, stating, "Our long arm will reach you anywhere, anytime." Following that video's release, a petition was filed, claiming the use of public assets like the base and the jet constituted election propaganda. Sohlberg partially accepted that petition, ordering the video's removal from Netanyahu's personal social media accounts while allowing it to remain on official Prime Minister accounts. The current video was not published on Netanyahu's personal pages.
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