Elections Chief Sohlberg Orders Shin Bet Probe Into Suspected Election Interference
Police found no basis for Likud’s fraud claims as Sohlberg ordered Shin Bet to examine foreign funding allegations tied to Arab turnout efforts.
- Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc won 53 seats, while the main opposition bloc won 48 and Arab-led parties won 19 in Israel’s election.
- Parties must negotiate to reach at least 61 seats, the majority needed in the 120-seat Knesset, to form a government.
- Netanyahu and Likud claimed, without verified evidence, that Arab-led parties and possible foreign assistance had “stolen” the election.
- Qatar rejected accusations that it helped increase turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel, calling them “ridiculous and dangerous.
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Mossad has now entered the investigation into alleged foreign influence in the Israeli elections. It is reported that the intelligence agency is assisting the Shin Bet security service in this matter.
Netanyahu’s bloc loses majority in Israeli parliament
Israel’s final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead.The results released early yesterday showed Netanyahu
Israel probes alleged Qatari election meddling in Arab vote as Netanyahu claims election ‘stolen’
Elections officials said the allegations did not indicate widespread fraud and would not invalidate the election, and opposition parties accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to delegitimize an election he lost.
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