Comptroller fines parties for 2015 campaign violations

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira has fined Israeli political parties for violating campaign laws during 2015 Knesset elections, he says in his latest report.

Shapira says the Likud and Jewish Home parties were fined some NIS 850,000 apiece, the Joint (Arab) List was fined NIS 1.2 million and Yisrael Beytenu was fined close to NIS 200,000 for a variety of infractions.

The comptroller also details the parties’ overspending during the election, with Yesh Atid being the worst offender — running up a deficit of NIS 16 million. Likud overspent by NIS 10 million, Yisrael Beytenu by NIS 9 million and Jewish Home by NIS 4 million. The closest to staying on target was Zionist Union, which came in at NIS 2.8 million over budget.