Likud petitions election committee to penalize Yair Golan over alleged 'electioneering'

The Likud on Tuesday petitioned the election committee to punish Democrats Party leader Yair Golan, calling for the removal of a video he posted, claiming the video constituted prohibited electioneering.In the video, Golan states that MK Zvi Sukkot's (Religious Zionist Party) illegal destruction of a Palestinian monument in the West Bank “did not happen in a vacuum,” stating it was the “spirit of Netanyahu” that enabled him."This is a person who should be behind bars and bolts, not in the Knesset of Israel," Golan added, stating that Sukkot is the reason the IDF was diverted to the West Bank on the eve of the October 7 massacre, and that his actions and the actions of "extremists" like him endanger Israel's national security and IDF soldiers.צבי סוכות לא פועל בחלל ריק - זו רוח נתניהו.ב-27.10 נחליף את שניהם ונחזיר את הביטחון pic.twitter.com/4WNm19Pw75— Yair Golan - יאיר גולן (@YairGolan1) August 25, 2026Golan also said, "On October 27, we will put an end to this," indicating his desire to overturn the Netanyahu coalition in the upcoming elections. In response, Sukkot threatened Golan with a lawsuit should he not remove the X post within half an hour.'A small taste': MK Sukkot confirms he destroyed monument in West Bank town while guarded by IDFEarlier on Tuesday morning, Sukkot confirmed he had destroyed a monument in Kafr Madama near Nablus, after footage circulated on social media and was shared by Israeli outlets. The monument appeared to be in honor of members of the al-Aqsa brigade and Palestinians killed in the intifada."Every child who sees every day a giant monument that glorifies murderers of Jews will dream of being a terrorist," Sukkot said in a post to X/Twitter.He claimed that he had taken action after appealing to the IDF several times to remove the "terror monuments throughout the area," and that destroying the monument in the village was "a small taste." “There is no place for support of terror in the State of Israel!" he wrote.Maya Zanger-Shamir contributed to this report.