Likud Clarifies Police Commissioner Meeting Focuses on Security Threats
Translated & summarized from 0404 by baba
The Likud party stated that a meeting with the Police Commissioner is about security threats, not election integrity. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister Ben-Gvir are expected to attend. The Central Elections Committee chairman, Judge Noam Sohlberg, was invited to send a representative. The clarification followed criticism and a demand for cancellation from the "Yisrael" party.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Likud clarified a meeting with the Police Commissioner concerns security threats, not election integrity.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir are set to attend the meeting.
- The Central Elections Committee chairman, Judge Noam Sohlberg, was invited to send a representative.
- The "Yisrael" party had previously demanded the cancellation of the meeting.
- The meeting follows a broader security discussion with heads of the security establishment.
The Likud party has clarified that a planned meeting with the Police Commissioner is a continuation of a security discussion held with all heads of the security establishment, in light of security threats, and is not related to election integrity. "The meeting with the Commissioner is a completion of a security discussion held with all heads of the security establishment due to security threats, and not about election integrity," the party stated.
Likud further announced that the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, has been invited to send a representative from the committee to attend the discussion. This clarification comes in response to criticism of the planned meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Police Commissioner Dani Levy. The party "Yisrael" had demanded the meeting be canceled.
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