Campaign

Sohlberg Allows Ben-Gvir to Speak at Police Volunteer Event

Published

Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of Itamar Ben-Gvir in a navy suit, red tie, glasses, and a white kippah, seated onstage while speaking into a handheld microphone and gesturing with his other hand, drawn in warm ochre and slate-blue chalk and pastel strokes with cross-hatching on sepia newsprint.

Central Elections Committee chairman and Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg rejected a petition seeking to stop National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from speaking at a police event in Tel Aviv on Monday evening. The event honors Israel Police volunteers and civilian emergency squads and marks 50 years of the police volunteer system. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara supported barring Ben-Gvir from the stage, arguing that a police-funded event could become election campaigning. Ben-Gvir submitted a sworn commitment not to campaign, and Sohlberg prohibited verbal, visual or other campaigning while recommending advance legal review of speeches. Full reasons for the decision will follow.

Sources

Secondary sources:123

People in this story

Related stories

  1. Israel’s 60-Day Radio and TV Election-Propaganda Restriction Takes Effect
  2. Sohlberg Orders Shas to Remove Campaign Video Featuring IDF Soldier
  3. Likud Petitions High Court Against Sohlberg’s Voter-Attendance Reporting Ban
  4. Sohlberg Orders Bennett to Cut IDF Soldiers and Artillery Footage From Campaign Video
  5. Election Chief Orders Netanyahu Campaign Video With Children Removed

Something went wrong

We couldn't complete that action. Check your connection and try again.