Fact Check: Did Likud spend millions to deploy observers in Palestinian areas?
The claim that Haaretz reported Likud spending millions of shekels to deploy observers to Arab/Palestinian polling stations is true.
Our verdict
True
The evidence supports this claim.
The claim
According to Haaretz newspaper, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has spent millions of shekels to send observers to polling stations in Palestinian areas of Israel.
Published byBBC PersianOriginal article
It was claimed that, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party spent millions of shekels to send observers to polling stations in Palestinian areas of Israel [1, 2].
Evidence confirms that on October 27, 2026, the Israeli daily Haaretz published an investigative report detailing this spending [1, 2, 4]. According to the investigation, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party invested millions of shekels to hire and deploy teams outside polling stations in Arab and Palestinian communities in Israel [1, 2].
The report showed that these deployed teams were tasked with filming voters and monitoring voter turnout outside the polling stations [1, 2]. Because an investigative report by Haaretz indeed revealed this multi-million-shekel operation, the claim is rated true.
Sources
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“On October 27, 2026, Israeli daily *Haaretz* published an investigative report revealing that Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party invested millions of shekels to hire and deploy teams outside polling stations in Arab/Palestinian communities in Israel to film voters and monitor turnout”
middleeastmonitor.com
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“On October 27, 2026, Israeli daily *Haaretz* published an investigative report revealing that Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party invested millions of shekels to hire and deploy teams outside polling stations in Arab/Palestinian communities in Israel to film voters and monitor turnout”
muslimnetwork.tv
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