Election Committee Head Upholds Smotrich's Campaigning at Yeshivas
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
The Election Committee Chairman, Noam Sohlberg, rejected a petition against Bezalel Smotrich's campaign events at Hesder yeshivas. He ruled that soldiers studying at these institutions may passively attend political rallies. The decision allows for passive listening but prohibits active campaigning, and the petitioner was fined 6,000 shekels.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Election Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg dismissed a petition against Bezalel Smotrich's campaign events.
- Sohlberg ruled soldiers studying at Hesder yeshivas may passively attend political rallies.
- Active campaigning by soldiers at the yeshivas was deemed prohibited.
- The petitioner, National Education Watch, was fined 6,000 shekels.
- The ruling pertains to the 2026 election campaign.
The Chairman of the Election Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, has dismissed a petition against the Religious Zionism party and its chairman, Bezalel Smotrich, concerning campaign activities held at Hesder yeshivas. Sohlberg ruled that students at these yeshivas, which include soldiers serving in the regular army, are permitted to attend political rallies.
He specified that while active campaigning is forbidden, soldiers who are Hesder students may be "passive listeners to a political message." The ruling stated that the soldiers' involvement was limited to attending events where support was expressed for the Religious Zionism party and the right-wing bloc. Sohlberg imposed court costs and a fine of 6,000 shekels on the National Education Watch, which filed the petition.
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