The chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg, authorized a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Police Commissioner Daniel Levy on Sunday, two days before the election, over the formal objection of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, according to a report by The Times of Israel. Sohlberg barred any discussion of election-related matters or topics under the committee's jurisdiction.
Coalition lawyers justified the meeting by citing what they described as "dramatic and serious security alerts" from defense bodies regarding threats to election-day operations. Baharav-Miara pushed back, stating there is "no place whatsoever for involvement by the political leadership" in managing elections, and said she was unaware of any precedent for a sitting prime minister and national security minister to meet privately with the police commissioner so close to a vote.