Mysterious text messages against Liberman: Yisrael Beiteinu filed a police complaint

The Yisrael Beiteinu party filed a police complaint and an appeal to the Central Elections Committee following a smear campaign against party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman. As part of the campaign, SMS messages in Russian containing offensive content against him and his family members were distributed.

The Yisrael Beiteinu party filed a police complaint and an appeal to the Central Elections Committee following a smear campaign against party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman. According to the party's statement, in recent days anonymous SMS messages in Russian were widely distributed among the Russian-speaking public in Israel. The messages included a link to a dedicated website containing false, defamatory, and offensive content against Liberman and his family members. The party demands an immediate investigation to uncover the entities behind the campaign and its funding sources. Simultaneously, they appealed to the Elections Committee demanding a thorough investigation of the incident, to locate those responsible and bring them to justice.