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Gadi Eisenkot's party seeks removal of AI-made Smotrich campaign video
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First reported by Walla · Jun 26, 2026
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Gadi Eisenkot’s Yesh! party filed an urgent petition asking Israel’s Central Elections Committee to force Smotrich and Religious Zionism to remove an AI-made campaign video. Smotrich rejected the complaint, calling it censorship and accusing Eisenkot of planning a left-wing government with Mansour Abbas and Yair Golan.
- 01Eisenkot’s Yesh! party says Smotrich’s video uses fake AI images and false claims.
- 02The urgent petition was filed Friday with elections chairman Noam Solberg.
- 03The party wants the clip removed immediately and says elections cannot be built on deception.
- 04Smotrich called the petition a “ridiculous attempt to silence.”
- 05He accused Eisenkot of planning a government with Mansour Abbas and Yair Golan.
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