State Comptroller-elect Michael Rabello, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal attorney, was elected on June 3 as Israel’s next state comptroller after a dramatic and disputed Knesset vote.

The petitions argue that the secrecy of the vote was not a technical formality, but a central legal protection meant to allow MKs to vote freely.

State Comptroller-elect Michael Rabello, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal attorney, was elected on June 3 as Israel’s next state comptroller after a dramatic and…