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Hostages Forum Issues Legal Warning to Ateret Shlomo Over Use of Yellow-Ribbon Campaign

The letter demands a public apology, NIS 400,000 compensation, with an immediate halt to what it calls unauthorized appropriation.

Overview

  • The Hostages and Missing Families Forum accused the Beit Shemesh yeshiva of copying its designs, slogans and signature yellow symbols without permission.
  • Attorney Asa Kling of Naschitz, Brandes, Amir sent the warning, alleging copyright and trademark infringement, deception and false association.
  • The move follows a protest outside Military Prison 10 in which Ateret Shlomo affiliates wore yellow hats and carried yellow balloons linked to the hostages campaign.
  • The Forum’s complaint, as reported by Matzav, cites a parody poster replacing ‘Bring Them Home’ with ‘Bring Him Back to Yeshiva’ and threatens further legal action within three days.
  • Yeshiva head Rabbi Shalom Ber Sorotzkin publicly defended the protest imagery, asserting the hostages cause belongs to all and rejecting claims of wrongdoing.