Joint List petitions to prevent Ben Gvir from using demolition of Arab homes in election propaganda

The Joint List submitted an urgent petition to the Central Elections Committee to prevent Itamar Ben Gvir and his party from exploiting home demolition and evacuation operations in Arab society for election propaganda purposes, accusing the authorities of using these operations to spread fear and limit Arab voting.

The Joint List submitted an urgent petition on Sunday to the Central Elections Committee, demanding that Itamar Ben Gvir and his party "Otzma Yehudit" be prevented from exploiting home demolition and evacuation operations in Arab society for election propaganda. The petition stated that Ben Gvir published a video from the site of a residential building demolition in the At-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where he appeared alongside bulldozers and police officers, boasting that "the government's bulldozers do not rest for a moment." The Joint List added that enforcement authorities have activated evacuation files that had not been implemented for over twenty years, and set dates for some actions coinciding with election day, arguing that these steps are being used for political and electoral purposes. It demanded the committee issue orders preventing Ben Gvir and his party from using demolition and evacuation operations in propaganda, and preventing police and enforcement authorities from deploying their teams and equipment to serve this propaganda. The Joint List considered that the timing of these operations aims to spread fear and despair in Arab society and limit its participation in voting.