MK Gadi Eisenkot removed an AI-generated campaign video featuring IDF soldiers, complying with Central Elections Committee chair Justice Noam Solberg's demand, according to Amit Segal (N12). Solberg had ruled Thursday that the permanent prohibition on using public assets applies to the video even though it was published before the special order took effect.
MK Gadi Eisenkot deleted the AI-generated campaign video featuring IDF soldiers on Thursday afternoon, after Central Elections Committee chair Justice Noam Solberg demanded its removal, according to N12 journalist Amit Segal. The deletion came hours after Solberg ruled at 13:16 Jerusalem that the permanent legal prohibition on using public assets for election propaganda applies to the video, rejecting Eisenkot's argument that it was published before a special order on IDF use took effect. Likud had petitioned against the video, which was published earlier this week as part of Eisenkot's campaign.
The Zioneer reported at 13:16 Jerusalem on Thursday that Solberg had ordered Eisenkot to remove the video, ruling that the permanent ban on public assets applies regardless of the video's publication date. The initial report, sourced from N12's Dafna Liel, was confirmed by subsequent reports providing further detail on Solberg's reasoning. The ruling ended a brief dispute over whether the special order on IDF use in campaign material, which took effect after the video's publication, was the sole basis for removal.
As The Zioneer previously reported, this is not the first AI campaign video dispute before Solberg this election cycle. Earlier, Solberg ordered the removal of an AI-generated video by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that showed Eisenkot shaking hands with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and imposed a NIS 10,000 fine. Eisenkot had himself petitioned against that video.
With the deletion, the immediate dispute is resolved. The ruling establishes that the permanent law against using public assets in election propaganda applies to AI-generated content featuring IDF soldiers, even if published before a special directive on the matter.
3 developments
- StrongJustice Solberg: Smotrich's AI video of Eisenkot with Abbas 'misleading,' orders removal, NIS 10,000 fine
- DevelopingJudge rejects Eisenkot's urgent petition to remove Smotrich video
- DevelopingEisenkot petitions to remove Smotrich AI video claiming his party would establish Palestinian state
- DevelopingLikud accuses Eisenkot of using IDF soldiers in campaign video, violating law
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