A fake Facebook profile pretending to be Orly Levy-Abekasis, head of the Gesher party, was circulated on Monday with the message that the party was dropping out of the Israeli elections. In another incident, a fake Twitter profile pretending to be Channel 13 also “reported” that Gesher was dropping out.console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }The posts were just one part of a wave of social media attacks on the party in the past few days, which included SMS messages from the Kulanu party telling voters that “a vote for Orly = a vote to the trash.” On Saturday, Gabi Ashkenazi claimed that they were holding talks with Gesher. Gesher denied the reports and said that Ashkenazi was “flat-out lying.”Akiva Novick, a Channel 13 anchor reporting on the incidents, emphasized that the reports that Gesher had dropped out are false and that he had found many more fake reports against Orly Levy-Abekasis on Twitter.“Gesher is getting stronger, so they’re spreading lies against us,” Gesher’s Facebook page said in a post responding to the incidents. “Our answer in the ballot box will be overwhelming.”A spokesperson for the Central Elections Committee confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that Gesher is still running in the elections.
