Rafi Ginat files lawsuit against Likud activists over fabricated post

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Journalist Rafi Ginat has filed a lawsuit against Likud activists Rami Ben Yehuda and Yigal Soisa. According to Ice, the sum claimed is NIS 360,000, and the lawsuit is a defamation suit over a fabricated poster distributed on social media. The poster presents Ginat as declaring support for and a vote for Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to TheMarker and Haaretz, Ben Yehuda posted on X an image of Ginat alongside a quote purporting to be from his mouth expressing support for Netanyahu, and Soisa posted the image on his Facebook and Instagram accounts. Ginat publicly supports Eisenkot.