Parliament bars Israeli PM's plan for cameras at polling stations


  • World
  • Monday, 09 Sep 2019

Labourers fold a Likud party election campaign banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed on Monday in a bid to have cameras installed at Israeli voting stations, but seized on the legislative defeat to hone accusations his foes intend to steal next week's election.

Echoing Donald Trump in his winning presidential run in 2016, Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud party, has turned possible voter fraud into a central theme of his own campaign in a tightly contested race.

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