Would-be Likud candidate Chikli charges election panel head could falsify election results; Balad chief says faction will run until the end after reportedly mulling quitting

Party has been disqualified by past elections panels and has so far won every appeal to High Court; Meretz petitions court over failure to bar Idit Silman from Likud run

All of Sami Abu Shehadeh's aides who were in contact with chauffeur also isolating; Knesset says anyone exposed to him should follow quarantine guidelines