Elections Chief Orders Netanyahu to Remove Airbase Video from Personal Accounts

Central Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg ruled the clip filmed at an air force base contained election propaganda, but permitted it on official accounts.

The chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg, has ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove a video filmed at an Israeli Air Force base from his personal social media accounts, Haaretz and Srugim reported.

According to the reports, Sohlberg determined that the video contained elements of election propaganda utilizing public resources ahead of the upcoming elections. In the footage, the prime minister warned of an attack against Israel.

However, the committee chairman permitted Netanyahu to retain the video on the official accounts of the Prime Minister's Office. Further details regarding the ruling have not yet been released.