MK Gadi Eisenkot filed an urgent petition to the Central Elections Committee demanding the removal of a campaign video by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, which uses AI-generated imagery to claim Eisenkot's party would establish a Palestinian state. Smotrich responded by calling the petition an attempt to silence him, according to N12.
MK Gadi Eisenkot (Yashar) filed an urgent petition Friday with the Central Elections Committee seeking the removal of a campaign video released by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism). The video reportedly uses AI-generated imagery to claim that a government led by Eisenkot would include Naftali Bennett and would act to establish a Palestinian state—an assertion Eisenkot denies as false and deceptive.
This follows an earlier video Smotrich released Tuesday evening, which warned that a Bennett-appointed regional cooperation minister would establish a Palestinian state in an Eisenkot-led government. That clip drew on a recent interview in which Bennett expressed support for Palestinian autonomy in Judea and Samaria.
Smotrich responded to the petition on Friday afternoon, calling it a 'silencing attempt' and dismissing the legal challenge as political score-settling. The Central Elections Committee has not yet ruled on the petition.
3 developments
- DevelopingSmotrich warns in new video: Bennett would establish a Palestinian state in Eisenkot government
- ConfirmedSmotrich tells Supreme Court president: form a party if you want to intervene in Basic Laws
- DevelopingEisenkot Challenges Netanyahu to Public Debate
- StrongSmotrich says Gaza deal bad for Israel, vows to continue campaign in 'creative ways'
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