Israeli Election Committee Orders Removal of Netanyahu Campaign Video Featuring Children
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Israel's Central Elections Committee ordered the removal of a Netanyahu campaign video featuring children, ruling it violated election laws prohibiting children's participation in political propaganda.
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- The Central Elections Committee ordered removal of Netanyahu's campaign video featuring children.
- The video was filmed at Malha Mall in Jerusalem with participants wearing black paper bracelets.
- The committee ruled the video violated election law banning children's involvement in political campaigns.
- The order was issued by committee chairman Noam Solberg as an interim measure.
- The video showed Netanyahu appearing to receive public support, but participants were likely pre-screened.
Noam Solberg, chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee, issued an interim order to remove a campaign video distributed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that included children and infants. The video was filmed at the Malha Mall in Jerusalem, where Netanyahu appeared to receive support from passersby. However, all participants in the video were seen wearing black paper bracelets, suggesting they were pre-selected. The Central Elections Committee ruled that the video violated the prohibition against involving children in election propaganda, as stipulated in Section 2C of the Elections Law.
