Rights organization petitions High Court to ban polling station officials from bearing arms, due to right-wing parties' intent to deploy 2,000 activists at Arab sites

In statement ahead of vote, Daniel Levy doesn't mention controversial sit-down with Netanyahu and Ben Gvir; 7.3 million Israelis eligible to vote at 18,000 ballot boxes, says CEC

Yashar party urges Central Elections Committee, AG to nix it over worries that pols were preparing to challenge vote results; CEC okays, but says elections must be off agenda

Security agency to oversee protection for Yashar leader Eisenkot, Democrats chief Golan, and People of Israel party head Ofer Winter; man attacks Bennett's entourage in Tel Aviv