Yisrael Beiteinu Warns Voters of 'Serious Incident' Amid Fake WhatsApp Campaign
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
The Yisrael Beiteinu party reported on Monday that thousands of fake WhatsApp messages in Russian are being distributed to voters, falsely claiming party chairman Avigdor Lieberman will not pass the electoral threshold. The messages, sent from international numbers, impersonate another party and aim to mislead voters. Yisrael Beiteinu has called the campaign a "serious incident" and plans to pursue legal action.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Yisrael Beiteinu reported thousands of fake Russian WhatsApp messages targeting voters.
- The messages falsely claim party chairman Avigdor Lieberman will not pass the electoral threshold.
- The campaign impersonates another party and uses international phone numbers.
- Yisrael Beiteinu calls the incident a "serious event" and plans legal action.
The Yisrael Beiteinu party announced on Monday that thousands of WhatsApp messages in Russian have been mass-distributed to voters, urging them not to vote for party chairman Avigdor Lieberman. The party claims these messages are being sent while impersonating the "Beiteinu" party and falsely state that Lieberman will not pass the electoral threshold. According to a statement from Yisrael Beiteinu's spokesperson, the messages originate from phone numbers with international country codes from India and Sweden.
The messages, written in Russian, assert that Lieberman is not expected to pass the electoral threshold and implore recipients not to vote for him. Yisrael Beiteinu alleges this is an attempt to mislead the electorate through the dissemination of false information, using another party's identity. The party stated that thousands of these messages have been sent in recent hours.
Yisrael Beiteinu described the incident as "a serious event that raises suspicion of an attempt to mislead the public through impersonation and the dissemination of false information." The party is demanding an investigation into the origin of the messages and who is behind their distribution, and has declared its intention to take legal action.
