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Full coverage· Politics· Updated

Likud Election Ad Deemed Misleading by Court

The Likud party must clarify that its Arabic billboards featuring opposition figures are its own campaign, not affiliated with Gadi Eisenkot's Yachad party. The Election Committee chairman ruled the ads were misleading, ordering Likud to publish a Hebrew clarification and remove the signs.

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What happened

  1. 01Likud ordered to clarify misleading Arabic billboards featuring opposition figures.
  2. 02Election Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg ruled the ads aimed to deceive the public.
  3. 03Likud must publish a Hebrew clarification and remove the billboards promptly.
  4. 04The ruling cited the use of colors associated with Gadi Eisenkot's Yachad party.
  5. 05A similar misleading campaign by Likud was addressed by the committee in 2013.

This follows a precedent from 2013 where a similar Likud campaign was deemed misleading.

Translated and summarized by baba from Ynet, the latest report. Read Ynet’s original

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