On 16 July 2026 the Knesset passed the Elections to the 26th Knesset (Special Provisions and Legislative Amendments) Law, 5786-2026. As a temporary provision, it adds Section 2A2 to the Elections (Propaganda Methods) Law, 1959. Anyone who publishes election propaganda that is a deep-appearance item, the law’s term for a deepfake, must attach a clear and prominent notice that it was not recorded at its source. This covers visual or audio content showing a person, place, event, document or object that could look like a real recording but was created, or materially altered, by digital means, including artificial intelligence.
The duty runs from one week after the law’s publication on 16 July 2026 until one year after election day, and does not cover material first published before it took effect. The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee signed rules on 24 July 2026, published on 26 July 2026, on how to label such content. The notice can be a text statement or a standard symbol, on a high-contrast background, at least 5% of the content’s height. On video it must stay on screen throughout, and on audio it must be read at the start and the end. The election was held on 27 October 2026.