Israel’s Central Elections Committee asks Shin Bet to probe foreign interference

TREE NEWS update: Israel’s Central Elections Committee chairman, Orly Sorberi, has asked the Shin Bet security service to investigate suspected improper foreign funding influence in the parliamentary election held on 27 March. Shin Bet chief David Zini suspects foreign actors intervened, with intelligence cited by public broadcaster Kan indicating Qatar may have funded get-out-the-vote groups in Arab Israeli communities. Channel 12 reported the Shin Bet held the intelligence before the vote but did not inform the elections committee.