Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, chair of the Central Elections Committee, ordered Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to pay 35,000 shekels in legal costs and reaffirmed the removal of his police recruitment video, which was ruled illegal election propaganda. The ruling follows the committee's earlier 23,000-shekel fine reported Friday morning.
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, chairing the Central Elections Committee, issued a ruling Friday afternoon requiring Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to remove a video he published that was deemed illegal election propaganda. The court also ordered Ben Gvir to pay 35,000 shekels in legal costs. The fine is higher than the 23,000-shekel penalty imposed earlier Friday, as The Zioneer reported at 12:10. The video in question featured a naval vessel, leading to the ruling being widely referred to as the 'naval video' or 'police recruitment video' case. Ben Gvir, who heads the Otzma Yehudit party, has argued the video was not campaign material. The ruling is final and comes less than two weeks before the national election.
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