38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

In relation to Knesset elections:

"Anyone who does so shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of five years or a fine of 20,000 pounds: (1) The grantor or the offeror of a bribe in order to influence a voter to vote or abstain from voting, in general or for a particular list of candidate; (2) the recipient or the recipient of a bribe, himself or for another person, in order to vote or abstain from voting, in general or for a particular list of candidates."

Source: Article 122, Knesset Elections Law, 1969.

In relation to primaries:

"In the elections to Party's institutions, sections 8 to 12 of the Elections to Public Bodies Law shall apply."

Source: Article 23, Parties Law, 1992.

"A person who took one of the following elections: (1) gave or offered bribes to influence the voter - (a) to vote or abstain from voting, in general or for a particular list of candidates or for a particular candidate... or (2) received or agreed to accept a bribe, for himself or for another in exchange for his consent - (a) To vote or abstain from voting, in general or for a particular list of candidates or for a particular candidate... shall be liable to imprisonment for one year or a fine of one thousand pounds or both."

Source: Article 10(a), Elections to Public Bodies Law, 1954.

There is a ban on vote buying both in the Knesset elections and in party primaries. The prohibitions relating to primaries are the same as those related to elections to other public bodies.