Election Committee: Elections Conducted Lawfully, Claims of Systematic Harm Unfounded
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
The Central Elections Committee stated that the 26th Knesset elections were conducted lawfully, dismissing claims of systematic harm to the voting process. Acting Director General Dean Livneh clarified that Chairman Judge Noam Sohlberg's inquiry to the Shin Bet was based on classified intelligence requiring further investigation, not evidence of manipulation. The committee has no information supporting claims of widespread fraud, and rejected MK Vladimir Beliak's request for a special meeting on the matter.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- The Central Elections Committee confirmed the 26th Knesset elections were conducted lawfully.
- Claims of systematic harm to the integrity of the elections were officially rejected.
- An inquiry to the Shin Bet was based on classified intelligence, not election manipulation.
- The committee has no information supporting claims of widespread fraud.
- A request for a special meeting on the matter was denied by the committee.
The Central Elections Committee has officially stated that the 26th Knesset elections were conducted lawfully and has rejected claims of systematic harm to the integrity of the vote. The clarification came in a formal letter sent to Member of Knesset Vladimir Beliak of the Yesh Atid party, from Dean Livneh, the Acting Director General of the committee.
Livneh explained that the committee's chairman, Judge Noam Sohlberg, had contacted the head of the Shin Bet due to sensitive, classified intelligence that required further investigation. He emphasized that this was not an admission of election manipulation but a procedural step based on the intelligence received.
Livneh's letter, written on behalf of Judge Sohlberg, was in response to Beliak's request for a special committee meeting to discuss an ongoing investigation. Livneh stated that the committee has no information supporting claims of widespread fraud or systematic damage to the voting process. He added that statements from the Police Commissioner and the head of the Shin Bet on election day and afterward also support this conclusion.
The clarification addresses the political controversy surrounding suspicions of foreign interference in the elections and allegations of compromised voting integrity. Livneh detailed that Sohlberg's letter to Shin Bet head David Zini, requesting a deeper probe into suspected undue influence through foreign funding, was prompted by classified information presented to him in his capacity as committee chairman.
Livneh stressed that Sohlberg immediately ordered an in-depth investigation upon receiving this sensitive intelligence. However, the Elections Committee rejected Beliak's request for a presidential meeting on the matter, citing the ongoing investigation and the highly classified nature of the information involved.
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