Court ruling10/23/2026

Elections Committee Orders Likud to Remove Posters Featuring Eisenkot

The chair of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg, ordered the removal of Likud campaign posters featuring Gadi Eisenkot. According to a statement by the Yashar party, the committee believed that the posters’ design could mislead voters.

Key facts

•Body: Central Elections Committee
•Chair: Justice Noam Sohlberg
•Applicant: the Yashar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot
•Respondent: the Likud party
•Deadline for removing the posters: October 23, 2026, at 3:30 p.m.
•The case number and applicable law were not specified

What Sparked the Dispute

The posters depicted Eisenkot alongside other politicians, including Mansour Abbas; the captions were written in Arabic. The Yashar party, led by Eisenkot, argued that the colors used are associated with it, while the advertisement’s affiliation with Likud is not indicated sufficiently clearly in Hebrew. It claimed that voters could have believed that the campaign material was published by Yashar itself or with its consent.

The Yashar Party’s Appeal

Before filing the petition, attorneys Uri Haberman and Adi Marienberg sent a warning letter to Likud’s legal adviser, attorney Ilan Bombach. They demanded the removal of the posters displayed in Jerusalem and elsewhere across the country, and clarification that they were Likud campaign materials.

What the Committee Chair Decided

Sohlberg ordered Likud to remove the posters nationwide by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 23, 2026. According to Yashar’s statement, he concluded that the advertisement could create a false impression regarding the party’s political affiliations. According to the report, the Arabic caption did not dispel the concern of deception and did not ensure the required transparency.

What Details Are Missing

The source does not state the proceeding number or identify the specific statutory provision on which the decision was based. The publication also does not provide the full text of the decision or Likud’s position on the merits of the petition.

What this means for you

Political campaign material must allow voters to understand clearly on whose behalf it is being distributed. A design using another party’s colors and an unclear identification of the party that commissioned the advertisement may provide grounds for swift intervention by the Central Elections Committee if there is concern that the public could be misled.

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