Likud hires crews to film Arab voters, prepping ‘rigged vote’ campaign

from al Mayadeen English

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is preparing to station crews outside polling sites in what is designated as "Arab areas" on Tuesday to film voters, Haaretz reported, noting that the footage could later be used to back up claims of election fraud should the party fare badly at the ballot box.

Likud has poured millions of shekels into hiring and paying staff who will watch polling locations in "Arab areas", videotape people casting ballots, and send live updates to party headquarters, as per the report.

These crews were put together over the past few weeks. Because they will stand outside the polling stations instead of inside, they fall outside the tight rules that apply to formal election observers...

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