Four suspects in election integrity violations released: "What is the crime?"

A magistrate's court released four suspects in an election bribery case to house arrest, including a school principal from the Bedouin sector. The judge criticized the police representative who struggled to explain the suspicions but ruled that there is reasonable suspicion. The police requested a five-day extension of detention, but the judge denied the request.

A magistrate's court released four suspects in an election bribery case to house arrest, including a school principal from the Bedouin sector. Judge Tzabari criticized the police representative who struggled to explain the suspicions but ruled that there is reasonable suspicion of committing offenses of conspiracy to commit a crime, election bribery, and interference with the election process. The police requested a five-day extension of detention due to fear of obstruction of the investigation, but the judge denied the request and released the four to six days of house arrest under restrictive conditions. Three of the suspects were allowed to use the internet for their work. Attorney Haviv argued that there is no reasonable suspicion and that a person seeing a picture or video on a social network is not an indication of an election bribery offense.