Netanyahu’s Likud plans to film Arab voters outside Israel’s polling stations: Report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party plans to deploy teams to film Arab voters outside polling stations during Tuesday’s general elections, potentially using the footage to support claims of electoral fraud if the party suffers major losses, Haaretz daily reported. The newspaper said Likud has spent millions of shekels recruiting and paying workers to monitor polling stations in Arab communities, record voters and report developments to party headquarters in real time. The teams, established in recent weeks, will operate outside polling stations rather than inside them, allowing them to avoid the strict regulations governing official election observers. According to the report, senior Likud officials have also discussed launching a campaign alleging that the elections were rigged if the party […]