Yashar Party Files Police Complaint Over Dissemination of Fake Messages

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The Yashar! party turned to the Central Elections Committee following the dissemination of messages that it claims impersonate official messages on its behalf, using the party's name and the phone number for removal from the mailing list. According to Arutz 7, the party demanded that the Elections Committee exercise its full powers, including an examination by the cyber department.

The party then filed a police complaint, according to Ynet and Channel 14 News. Party chairman Gadi Eisenkot claimed that his party is under a deliberate attack of disseminating fake messages, which he described as a "malicious fake attack," and called on his partners not to cooperate with the distribution of the messages.