[85294] Exposure: Suspicion of irregularities in membership fee payments at Likud branches

Suspicion of irregularities in the Likud enrollment: Herzliya and Beitar Illit branches under investigation

An internal Likud party file exposed by ynet raises a worrying picture regarding the regulation of membership fees for thousands of enrollees, as reported by journalists Amir Ettinger and Yuval Segev. According to the report, there is a high probability that external parties paid the membership fees for many enrollees, in violation of legal instructions.

According to Amir Ettinger and Yuval Segev, the Likud branch in Herzliya, controlled by Rafi Kadosh, is at the top of the list with 776 enrollees out of 2,326 defined as "requiring investigation." The data indicates that these enrollees paid using payment methods used for more than four people, or that the source of the payment is unclear, a fact that raises concerns of "improper membership fee payment."

The War Room 🎗️ channel notes that the data was collected as part of a broad examination conducted following the State Comptroller's report regarding irregularities in enrollee payments. In addition to the Herzliya branch, the branch in Beitar Illit is also noted as having a high rate of anomalies and suspicion of membership fee payments by third parties.

News in Real Time emphasize that the internal file serves as a central working tool within Likud to check the integrity of the enrollment, this after the Comptroller raised substantive questions regarding the way enrollees are registered in the party. At this stage, the mentioned branches are awaiting an in-depth clarification of the data to determine the future of those activists' membership in the party.