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Finance Minister Smotrich Responds to Election Committee Order to Remove AI Video Featuring Gadi Eizenkot and Abu Mazen

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First reported by Ynet · 4 hours ago

What happened

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was ordered by the Central Elections Committee to remove an AI-generated video falsely showing Gadi Eizenkot meeting Mahmoud Abbas. Smotrich vowed to take down the video but insisted the political claims behind it remain true. The committee fined Smotrich 10,000 shekels for misleading election propaganda.

01Finance Minister Smotrich must remove AI video showing fake meeting between Eizenkot and Abu Mazen.
02Central Elections Committee fined Smotrich 10,000 shekels for misleading election propaganda.
03Video falsely implied a political alliance between Eizenkot and Mansour Abbas.
04Smotrich claims the video’s removal won’t change the underlying political reality.
05Committee ruled the AI disclaimer on the video insufficient to prevent deception.
06Smotrich accused Eizenkot and Democratic Party members of promoting a Palestinian state.

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