It seems Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will do anything to avoid a hearing before the attorney general and to gain the immunity that will keep him from having to stand trial. But in order to promote a law that would grant him that immunity, he needs to head the next government. That is why he and his Likud party hit the pause button for the entire country by holding two consecutive elections. It is also why the Likud has made efforts to install cameras in polling stations throughout the Arab sector the hot issue of the day in the Central Election Committee’s deliberations.
The Likud has said that the cameras are intended to increase transparency and preserve the integrity of the election, but the real reason is to discourage potential Arab voters. Such voter suppression is similar to the way black voters were treated in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
