Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein will not order the left-wing V15 political group to stop its activities, dealing a blow to the Likud party.
Weinstein rules that Israel’s campaign advertisement law does not apply to internet advertisements.
V15, which is heavily funded by foreign backers, was accused by Likud of violating election law through its alleged ties with the Zionist Union list, which merges the Labor and Hatnua parties, and is headed by Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, respectively.
Members of the V15 grassroots election movement, which has launched a campaign to ‘change the regime’, seen outside a press conference held by the Likud party in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
V15, short for Victory 2015, describes itself on its website as “a supra-party movement that was established by a group of young Israelis along with the announcement of elections” in December of last year. Its aim is to “change the dispiriting reality” in Israel and “take Israel to a new path.”
“We don’t belong to and don’t work for the advancement of a particular party,” V15 says on its website. “Our aim is larger than the personal preference of each of us.”
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