Elections committee chair orders blurring of police faces in Ben Gvir campaign video

Justice Noam Solberg, chair of the Central Elections Committee, ordered the blurring of police-security officers' faces in a campaign video by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli media report. The ruling addresses the use of police personnel in election propaganda.

The Central Elections Committee, chaired by Justice Noam Solberg, has ordered that the faces of police-security officers be blurred in an election propaganda video published by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The order cites regulations prohibiting the use of public personnel for campaign purposes. The video features uniformed police officers as security guards. The ruling is subject to appeal.

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