A Likud election campaign spot which shows the kevarim of IDF soldiers in the backdrop has come under attack, resulting in an apology for the video by Likud, against Benny Gantz, a video that has already been taken down. Right-wing journalist Avishai Ivri warns listeners that Gantz is a dangerous leftist and if elected, hundreds will be killed, as viewers see the cemetery in the background.

The accompanying photo, which was taken from a screen capture of the now banned video, which is against Benny Gantz and his Blue and White party, as Likud labels him being “dangerous”, and viewers see the kevarim in the background. The video claims that if Gantz becomes Israel’s next prime minister, hundreds will be killed, leading to outrage, primarily because of Likud’s decision to show the military cemetery in the background of the person speaking. Opposition was not just from the political arena, but from at least one organization which represents fallen IDF soldiers.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was quick to implement damage control, ordering the removal of the video as seen, from the Likud TV Facebook page, and issuing an apology. Party officials called the video an “unfortunate error”, and they reassure the tzibur that PM Netanyahu will personally make sure such an error does not occur again in the future.

Mr. Netanyahu tweeted “As a bereaved brother who has been visiting his brother’s z”l kever in Har Herzl for the last 43 years, I fully understand the pain of the families.

מייד כשדווחתי הערב על טעות העריכה המצערת שנעשתה במטה הליכוד, הנחיתי להסיר את התמונה, לתחקר את האירוע ולנקוט צעדים נגד האחראים לתקלה. כאח שכול שב-43 השנים האחרונות עולה לקבר אחיו ז״ל בהר הרצל, אני מבין היטב את כאב המשפחות

— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) February 26, 2019

The video was removed almost immediately, prior to Mr. Netanyahu departing for his trip to Russia where he is meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)