Union of Right-Wing Parties ordered to stop suggesting Bennett supports them

9 April 2019, 2:24 pm

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Following a petition from the New Right party, the Central Election Committee orders the Union of Right-Wing Parties to stop sending out an old video message by former Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett — now the head of New right — calling on Israelis to vote for his old party.

Jewish Home is now part of URWP, and URWP officials are saying the video is meant to highlight Bennett’s abandonment of Jewish Home to voters who may be uncertain which of the two right-wing parties to vote for.

The Central Elections Committee says using an old video in which the leader of one party is seen urging votes for another could amount to voter fraud.

— Jacob Magid