Itamar Ben Gvir Seeks Legal Change to Allow Photos with Police During Election Campaign

Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's Minister of National Security, is pushing to amend the "Election Campaign Methods" law to permit him to be photographed alongside police officers and firefighters while they are on duty during the election campaign. This change aims to prevent such photos from being considered improper use of public resources for campaign purposes. The coalition is advancing an exemption that would allow any minister or deputy minister to be photographed with personnel under their jurisdiction without it being classified as political campaigning. This proposal, submitted by Knesset member Itzhak Kroizer from Ben Gvir's party, comes amid numerous rulings by the chairman of the Elections Committee and Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Justice Noam Solberg, against ministers regarding this issue.