Chairman Hanan Melcer of the Central Election Committee has ordered that attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, a representative of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) faction of the United Right, not be allowed to enter the Knesset and observe the process of counting votes.
Ben-Gvir said in response, "It sounds very bad and is starting to look like a banana republic. At first, Michael [Ben-Ari] was disqualified, and then Justice Melcer refused to promote me to Michael's place that was reserved for Otzma Yehudit. He also delayed our campaign and rejected a petition against Facebook, which found fit to block my page five days before the elections and now he does not let me in. It's strange."