High-profile case10/26/2026

Parties Complained of Possible Foreign Interference via WhatsApp

Yisrael Beiteinu urgently appealed to the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg, following the mass distribution of messages in Russian. Naftali Bennett's Beyachad party joined the appeal.

Key facts

•Publication date: October 26, 2026
•Recipient: Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg
•Applicants: Yisrael Beiteinu and Beyachad
•The matter concerns thousands of WhatsApp messages in Russian
•The case number and decision regarding the appeal are not specified

What Happened

According to Yisrael Beiteinu, thousands of WhatsApp messages were sent from numbers with foreign country codes. The messages urged recipients not to vote for Avigdor Lieberman because he was allegedly not expected to pass the electoral threshold.

Why Beyachad Joined the Appeal

According to Yisrael Beiteinu, those distributing the messages presented them as materials issued by Naftali Bennett's Beyachad party. As a result, Beyachad also joined the appeal to the Central Elections Committee.

What the Parties Demanded

The parties asked for the distribution of the messages to be stopped and for the Israel Security Agency to be involved in examining the suspicions of foreign interference. The source does not report whether the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee issued a decision regarding the appeal or whether such an examination began.

The Legal Status of the Report

The publication describes the parties' appeal, not a decision by a court or the Central Elections Committee. The source does not specify a case number, applicable statutory provisions, or any binding orders.

What this means for you

Receiving a message of this kind does not in itself verify either its authenticity or the information it contains. As of the publication date, the source reported only that the parties had demanded that the distribution be stopped and that possible foreign interference be investigated; no official conclusion by the competent authorities was provided.

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