Likud Plans to Film Arab Voters Amid Election Fraud Concerns: Report
The party has recruited paid observers to film Arab voters and feed reports to headquarters, officials say, as it prepares a fraud claim if it loses.
- Likud has deployed paid, unofficial teams to "observe" voters in Arab communities, documenting individuals outside polling stations in real time and forwarding reports to a centralized "fraud war room."
- Senior Likud officials described the 2022 election as "2022 was a trial run for the current election," while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen campaigning in Ramle last week, faces internal party pressure to implement these tactics.
- Lacking legal authority to verify voter identities, teams cite potential fraud; one source said, "Suppose a woman comes to vote wearing a burqa, and then a few minutes later another woman arrives wearing a burqa—perhaps it's the same one? We will try to check and verify this."
- Some are pushing for a "stolen election" campaign that echoes U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, as Likud officials prepare a postelection fraud narrative if the party suffers major losses.
- Videos filmed on Election Day could be distributed as false evidence of election rigging; since footage will not include polling station interiors, it will be difficult to legally oppose the dissemination of these materials.
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Netanyahu's Likud to film Arab voters outside polling stations, preparing to push 'rigged election' conspiracy
Senior party officials said Netanyahu is considering launching a campaign claiming the election was rigged if he loses. Likud invested millions of shekels to send teams to document Arab voters outside polling stations, and may use the footage
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