Justice Noam Solberg ordered Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to remove an AI-generated campaign video depicting opposition MK Gadi Eisenkot alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas, according to Israeli media. The order comes after Solberg had previously rejected Eisenkot's petition to remove the video on June 28.
Justice Noam Solberg ordered Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to remove an AI-generated campaign video that depicts opposition MK Gadi Eisenkot alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas, according to a report. The video, released by Smotrich in late June, claims that under an Eisenkot-led government, Naftali Bennett would establish a Palestinian state. The order reverses Solberg's earlier decision on June 28, when he rejected an urgent petition by Eisenkot to remove the video. The basis for the new order has not been disclosed. The development comes amid an active election campaign, with Smotrich's Religious Zionism party and Eisenkot's National Unity party competing for right-wing voters.
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