"I received 400 shekels": A young Haredi man claims he was paid to vote in the Likud primaries

Documentation by "Kikar HaShabbat" from the Likud primary polling stations reveals claims that Haredi voters received hundreds of shekels to come to the polling station and vote according to lists of candidates given to them in advance.

In a conversation recorded outside the polling station, two voters said they received payment for coming to vote, with one of them even presenting the list he said he received from the person who paid him.

"Did they pay you money to come and vote?" one of the voters was asked and replied: "Yes, what do I care?" When asked how much he received, he replied: "400 shekels." Another voter standing next to him claimed he received "a little more."

Later, the two were asked if they know the Knesset members and candidates they came to vote for. "I don't know anyone," one of them admitted. According to him, he voted according to a list he received in advance: "I have a list in my pocket from a friend. The one who told me to vote for money brought the list."

The voter even showed the page to the camera and detailed the candidate numbers that were marked for him in the national list and in the Jerusalem district. "I have no idea who anyone is," he said after listing the numbers. The second voter noted that he recognizes at least one of them: "One thing I know, 103, that's the first one, that's Dudi Amsalem."

The interviewer claimed following the remarks that "political figures are sending Haredim lists with money in order to come here and vote for them." However, in the documentation itself, the person who allegedly paid the two or gave them the list of candidates is not identified.

Towards the end, one of the voters was asked if he intends to vote for Likud in the Knesset elections as well — and he replied in the negative.