Itamar Ben Gvir Seeks Legal Change to Allow Campaign Photos with Security Forces

Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's National Security Minister, is pushing to amend the election campaign law to permit ministers to be photographed alongside police and firefighters during election campaigns without it being considered misuse of public resources. This proposed exemption would allow any minister or deputy minister to appear with personnel under their jurisdiction without the images being classified as political campaigning. The initiative, submitted by Knesset member Yitzhak Kroizer from Ben Gvir's party, comes amid numerous rulings by the chairman of the Elections Committee and Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg against ministers regarding campaign conduct. The move aims to clarify and ease restrictions on ministers' public appearances during the sensitive pre-election period. This development was reported on Tuesday by Walla news.