App Allegedly Tracked Voters in Real-Time; Complaint Filed

The "Bereaved Families and Terrorism Victims for Life" forum has filed a formal complaint with Shin Bet head David Zinai regarding an application named "Aswatcom." The forum alleges that key activists from the Ra'am party used the app to manage voting operations and track voters in real-time during the recent Knesset elections. According to the complaint, the application provided activists with voter reports at the polling station level and facilitated the management of voting arrays, which the forum claims violates legal directives and Supreme Court rulings.

The forum's investigation indicates the app was established on September 15, 2026, about a month and a half before the 26th Knesset elections. It has been downloaded over 500 times from Google Play, suggesting significant distribution. The investigation also points to the involvement of individuals from Ramallah, affiliated with the Palestinian Authority, in the app's development, raising concerns about the scope of data collected, user identities, and information exposure.

The forum is demanding an immediate criminal investigation, seizure of the app's servers and data, and an inquiry into those who commissioned, funded, and developed it, as well as the activists who used it on election day. They also want to know if Ra'am activists operated the system from within polling stations and to whom the collected data was transferred.

Copies of the complaint have been sent to Police Inspector General Dani Levi and the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg. The forum stated, "These are serious findings that require immediate investigation. An application established specifically for the elections, allegedly used for tracking voters at the polling station level, and alongside this, findings of involvement by individuals affiliated with the Palestinian Authority in its development."

The complaint comes amid an ongoing Shin Bet investigation into suspected foreign funding of elections. The Shin Bet recently updated the Central Elections Committee on extensive foreign fund inflows from entities with hidden or hostile interests, involving thousands of people and substantial sums aimed at influence and funding. The service emphasized the need for further intelligence gathering to fully ascertain the scope of the phenomenon.