Gilo Gamaliel wanted to make a woman happy in Netivot - and made a commercial for a jewelry company

The Minister for Social Equality posted a photo with a woman whose jewelry was stolen, thanking the Reality Jewelry Company for giving her alternative earrings. This is despite the fact that ethics rules prohibit MKs from publishing commercial companies. A few hours after the tweet was uploaded - it was deleted. Gamaliel bureau: The matter was rectified when it was brought to our attention

"The matter has been fixed." Gamaliel's picture with a resident of Netivot and the mayor

Gila Gamaliel in Netivot (Photo: Official Website)

The Minister of Social Equality, Gila Gamaliel, only wanted to make a woman happy in Netivot whose jewelry was stolen by a worker who entered her home, but on the way - she made a commercial for a jewelry company and violated the Knesset's ethics rules. Gamaliel tweeted on Twitter on Tuesday a picture from her visit to Netivot, next to Mayor Yechiel Zohar, and wrote: "I came to strengthen Sultana of Netivot after hearing news that Poal stole her jewelry from her home while preparing food for him. Together with Yechiel Zohar, Mayor of Netivot, And Sharon, a representative of the Royal Jewelry, who gave her a pair of gold earrings as a gift.

A few hours after the tweet was uploaded, it was deleted, and the corresponding Facebook post was amended so that the jewelry company's name was not mentioned except as a "jewelry store chain" without a trademark. According to the Knesset Code of Ethics, MKs are prohibited from promoting private or commercial business, even if it is done for proper public purposes.

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Contrary to the rules of ethics. Gamaliel's tweet on Twitter, later deleted

Revealed Gamliel in a jewelry company post (Photo: official website)

In recent years, the Knesset Ethics Committee has made a series of decisions regarding MKs' participation in advertising, promotion or public relations for commercial companies. In addition, in 2017 the Attorney General issued a directive to ministers who prohibit commercial entities or commercial events. Comment by the Ethics Committee in the past after being filmed for a Studio C promotional supplement in 2016. Minister Miri Regev also violated the Code of Ethics when filming a video promoting the program "Eyal Golan Calls You." Following the events, the Ethics Committee issued a special announcement refining The prohibition on participating or assisting in the promotion of projects or projects of a commercial nature "As a former Oren Hazan was reprimanded in 2017 after participating in a video promoting a pizza network.

Minister Gamliel's office said: "Minister Gamliel traveled to Netivot to give Sultana, a longtime citizen of the city, a warm hug after the robbery case she experienced. ".

It was also reported that "to our delight, the Royal Jewelery Network was committed to the task and after it was diagnosed that the jewelry could not be rehabilitated, the chain decided to give Sultana a pair of earrings as a gift. On the visit to Netivot, a Facebook post with the name of the jewelry network that was donated to the mission came up, which is to our attention.

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