President Isaac Herzog met Thursday with Central Elections Committee chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head David Zini, issuing a joint warning that internal and foreign actors were seeking to undermine the integrity of Israel’s upcoming election.
The meeting, convened at Zini’s initiative, focused on preparations for the next national election and on coordination between state bodies to ensure a secure, lawful and trusted vote. Herzog said the gathering was meant to give backing to the Central Elections Committee and to guarantee that the election would be conducted “according to the rules and according to the law.”
“Elections are not a civil war,” Herzog said. “Elections are a social, democratic and political process, very significant and important in the life of a nation.” He warned that Israel faces “many hostile foreign digital influences,” as well as actors “from within, and especially from outside,” who seek to harm the integrity of the election and “break apart our society.”
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