Sohlberg Orders Netanyahu Campaign Posts Removed and Imposes NIS 29,000 in Costs

Central Elections Committee chair Justice Noam Sohlberg ordered specified Netanyahu campaign material removed or edited in a decision dated October 4. Of six petitions over public resources, two were fully granted, three partly granted and one rejected. The orders cover a press conference, a senior IDF command meeting and campaign passages in memorial and officer-graduation speeches. The full official video of Netanyahu's southern Lebanon visit remained permitted, while its edited private-account version was barred; a separate Iran-deterrence message was also allowed. Sohlberg ordered Netanyahu to pay NIS 29,000 in costs to petitioning groups, the Prime Minister's Office and the attorney general.