Hanan Melcer
The Commission for the Designation of the Righteous Among the Nations reaches decisions through a process similar to a jury.
In response to a Likud Party petition, committee head Justice Hanan Melcer rules that an NGO initiative to bus 15,000 Arab voters to polling stations is illegal.
Central Elections Committee posts 3,000 camera-equipped observers at voting stations, with instructions to notify police if anyone is found filming illegally.
Likud says rampant Arab-sector voting fraud may have cost the party two seats in April • Gantz: Israeli Prime minister’s move is “political spin” designed to “lower voter turnout.”