Right-wing activists plant cameras in Palestinian areas

Controversy has struck already.

Secret cameras have been located in several polling stations in areas with large Palestinian communities across the country. Netanyahu's Likud party has provided activists with 1,200 body cameras to monitor the elections, Haaretz reported.

However, filming without consent in polling stations is illegal. Police have begun removing cameras from several locations.

Videos are circulating online showing cameras being discovered.

Israeli Police now confiscating hidden cameras & recording devices found on right wing activists in several polling stations in the Arab community. When caught they say @netanyahu’s Likud sent them pic.twitter.com/OefZe5x2Zn
— Noa Landau נעה לנדאו (@noa_landau) April 9, 2019

The Hadash-Taal slate has filed a complaint to the elections committee, asking for the cameras' immediate removal.

"The radical right fully understands the power we have to overthrow those in power, and [they] cross every red line through illegal measures in an attempt to intervene [in the election] and prevent the Arab citizens from voting," Hadash-Taal said in a statement.

"But we also understand the power we have, and today we are going out to vote and nothing will stop us."