Election Committee Head Rules Netanyahu's Video Constitutes Illegal Campaigning

While the video must be deleted from Netanyahu's personal accounts, Solberg permitted it to remain on the official accounts of the Prime Minister's Office. The ruling distinguished between official channels, which convey state messages, and personal accounts, which present a candidate's message. Solberg noted that there was no clear official need to repost the video on personal channels after its publication on official ones.

The video, released about a week prior, was filmed at the Tel Nof Air Force base with a military aircraft in the background. In it, Netanyahu discussed security matters, warned of a potential attack scenario before the elections, and addressed calls to withdraw from military achievements, stating, "I am not letting this happen, I will not let this happen."

The decision followed a petition by the "Lawyers for Promoting Proper Administration" association, which argued that filming the video on an IDF base with an Air Force plane constituted an illegal use of public assets. Netanyahu and the Likud party were ordered to pay 2,500 shekels in legal expenses to the petitioner. This ruling follows a separate decision two days earlier in which Solberg fined Netanyahu 29,000 shekels for using public resources for election propaganda.