Netanyahu, Smotrich Parties to Deploy 2,000 Vigilantes at Arab Polling Stations
OCCUPIED AL-QUDs (Dispatches) -- Israel’s Likud and
Religious Zionism parties plan to deploy 2,000 vigilantes at polling stations to monitor voting, citing fraud prevention.
Critics say the move targets Palestinians living in Israeli occupied territories to suppress turnout. Similar 2019 tactics drew accusations of intimidation. In 2019, Likud deployed cameras at polling stations in Palestinian communities, widely seen as an attempt to suppress turnout.