{
  "id": 18624954,
  "title": "Bereaved families' forum seeks Shin Bet probe into alleged Ra'am voter-tracking app",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/bereaved-families-forum-seeks-shin-bet-probe-into-alleged-raam-voter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T03:10:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-914105"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Choosing Life Forum, representing bereaved families and victims of terrorism, has requested an investigation by Shin Bet into allegations that a voting app was used by senior Ra'am activists to monitor voter turnout during the 2026 election. The app, named Aswatcom, allegedly allowed activists to track real-time voter participation at individual polling stations and manage Ra'am's election-day operations. The forum claims the app was created on September 15, six weeks before the October 27 election, and downloaded over 500 times from Google Play. They also allege that developers based in Ramallah, with connections to the Palestinian Authority, were involved in its creation, raising concerns about potential access to Israeli voter information. The forum demands a criminal investigation, seizure and preservation of the app's servers, databases, and activity logs, and a probe into who commissioned, funded, and developed the app. They also seek a review into whether Ra'am activists operated the system within polling stations, if party officials were involved, and where the collected data was transferred. The forum asserts they will not let elections' integrity be compromised or ignored. They assert the Israeli public deserves to know its elections were conducted lawfully, without surveillance systems or improper foreign involvement.",
  "summary": "The application, called Aswatcom, allegedly enabled activists to track voter participation in real time at individual polling stations and manage the party's election-day operations.",
  "key_points": [
    "Choosing Life Forum seeks Shin Bet probe into alleged Ra am voter-tracking app",
    "Aswatcom app allegedly monitored voter turnout during 2026 election",
    "Forum demands investigation, seizure of app servers and data"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The request for a security probe highlights growing concerns regarding how digital tools and foreign-linked developers might compromise the integrity and privacy of the Israeli electoral process.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}