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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement in the Knesset on September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 6:09 am
Netanyahu alleges ‘rampant’ Arab voter fraud scandal, but his claim is unfounded
PM insists law enforcement not properly probing ballot infractions in Arab sector; official says Likud’s officials endured threats, but those cases did not amount to voter fraud
By Jacob Magid
An Arab Israeli man prepares to vote in Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019, at a school-turned-polling station in the northern Israeli town of Taibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 15, 2019, 10:13 pm
With cameras banned, new right-wing patrol seeks to ‘prevent Arab voter fraud’
Election czar set to rule on new initiative by settler leaders that would see dozens stand outside polling stations to provide ‘feeling of security’ for ballot officials inside
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a debate on the so-called Camera Bill at the Knesset on September 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 11, 2019, 5:46 pm
Doomed Likud camera bill falls at first Knesset hurdle
Opposition figures brand Netanyahu a ‘loser,’ boycott vote on law that would have allowed parties to bring recording devices into polling places
By ToI Staff
The Jordan Valley outpost of Mevo'ot Yeriho in 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 11, 2019, 4:27 pm
Topping off annexation pledge, PM moves to legalize Jordan Valley outpost
Speaking at Knesset hearing , Netanyahu says he will submit decision to regulate wildcat community of Mevo’ot Yeriho for ministerial vote on Sunday
By Jacob Magid
Joint List party leader Ayman Odeh filming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a discussion on the cameras bill at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 11, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 11, 2019, 2:22 pm
As MKs debate camera bill, Arab lawmaker booted for filming Netanyahu
Likud presses ahead with doomed gambit to bring cameras into polling stations, six days before elections and despite widespread criticism from top legal officials
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/POOL/AFP)
September 10, 2019, 5:07 pm
Likud forging ahead with camera law bid despite near-certain defeat
PM says Wednesday vote on controversial measure allowing surveillance of polling booths will ‘find out who supports voter fraud’
By Raoul Wootliff
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2019, 2:12 am
Gantz raises alarm over possible violence at polls after camera bill fails
Blue and White head says he fears Netanyahu doesn’t recognize the imperative to reject turmoil at polling stations, criticizes PM for talking too much about Iran
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Ramat Gan on August 29, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
September 9, 2019, 5:01 pm
Netanyahu seethes at Liberman, opponents rejoice after camera bill fails
PM accuses Yisrael Beytenu chief of joining ‘the left and the Arabs,’ while the latter says the premier sought to allow his ‘militias’ to disrupt the democratic process
By ToI Staff
Likud MK and chairman of the Knesset Regulatory Committee Miki Zohar at the Knesset, September 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
September 9, 2019, 2:44 pm
Likud MK to Arab lawmaker: The Jews are a ‘special race’
Miki Zohar later denies he endorsed ‘Jewish supremacy’ but touts the Jewish people’s ‘unparalleled uniqueness’
By ToI Staff
Compilation: Ehud Barak, left, and Blue White leader Benny Gantz (Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 2:03 pm
PM accused of ‘selling out Israeli security for personal gain’ over Iran presser
Democratic Camp, Blue and White leaders tear into Netanyahu for timing of announcement about alleged nuke site; PMO officials say it was all approved by professionals
By Michael Bachner
Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections for the 20th Israeli parliament. March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
September 9, 2019, 1:56 pm
Netanyahu claims his Knesset majority was stolen from him. Does that add up?
Could cameras placed in polling stations to stamp out alleged voter fraud have actually won the April ballot for the PM? ToI does the math
By Raoul Wootliff
Likud MK and chairman of the Regulatory Committee, Miki Zohar (C), leads a discussion on the Security Cameras Law, ahead of the upcoming elections, at the Knesset on September 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
September 9, 2019, 1:38 pm
Likud camera law thwarted as Liberman prevents it gaining majority in committee
MKs block legislation to surveil voters, preventing it from facing a scheduled first reading in the Knesset plenum later Monday
By Raoul Wootliff
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman speaks at Channel 12 news conference in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 12:12 pm
Liberman says he won’t vote for Netanyahu’s ‘election-stealing’ camera bill
Likely dooming the bill, Yisrael Beytenu head says he supports measures to prevent voter fraud, but calls legislation to surveil voters a bid by PM to interfere in upcoming ballot
By ToI Staff
Then-Likud MK Benny Begin during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 10:38 am
Benny Begin: With ‘illegal’ camera bill, Likud has lost my support
Ex-Likud MK pans Netanyahu, cabinet for rejecting AG’s opinion against videoing voters during election, says now ‘impossible’ for him to back party, which his father led to power
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, in a composite photo. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 12:32 am
AG’s allies say PM seeking to discredit him ahead of criminal hearing — report
Associates tell Israeli TV attacks on Mandelblit regarding camera bill tied to larger effort to delegitimize him: ‘If someone is dreaming he’ll resign, that’s not going to happen’
By ToI Staff
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