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Yisrael Beiteinu Files Complaint Over Smear Campaign Against Lieberman
The Yisrael Beiteinu party filed a complaint with the Israel Police and appealed to the Central Elections Committee on Monday, October 19, 2026, over an anonymous smear campaign targeting its chairman, MK Avigdor Lieberman, and his family.
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What happened
- 01Yisrael Beiteinu filed a police complaint and appealed to the Central Elections Committee on Monday, October 19, 2026.
- 02The legal actions were taken in response to an anonymous smear campaign targeting party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman and his family.
- 03Anonymous Russian-language SMS messages were widely distributed to Russian-speaking Israelis in recent days.
- 04The messages linked to a dedicated website containing allegedly false, defamatory, and offensive content about Lieberman's career and family.
- 05One message questioned how someone with Lieberman's reputation could consider becoming the prime minister of Israel.
- 06Yisrael Beiteinu is demanding an immediate investigation to identify the perpetrators of the campaign and uncover its funding sources.
According to the party, anonymous SMS messages written in Russian were widely distributed in recent days to Russian-speaking Israelis. The messages contained links to a dedicated website featuring false, defamatory, and offensive content about Lieberman's career and family.
One of the messages asked recipients how a person with such a reputation could think about the role of prime minister of Israel, under a heading referencing career, family, and criminality. Yisrael Beiteinu is demanding an immediate investigation to identify those responsible for the campaign and to uncover its funding sources.
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