With more than 93% of votes counted in Tuesday’s parliamentary election in Israel, there is no clear winner as neither Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc which secured 53 seats and Eisenkot’s 48. reaches the 61 threshold needed to govern the state.
The legislative elections were held to elect 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Netanyawu.
With neither of the parties securing a win in Knesset, either of the parties would be expected to join forces with the Arab parties which has 19 seats at the moment.
However,Netanyahu’s Likud party has officially claimed that the election was” completely stolen by Arab parties through widespread electoral fraud, alleging bribery, intimidation, violence, double voting and ballot manipulation.”
The Prime minister has said that “he is submitting hundreds of testimonies to the police, Shin Bet and the Central Elections Committee and demanding an immediate investigation.
“The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the elimination of the Jewish state through serious criminal offenses of bribery, threats, violence, forgeries, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters.
“The Likud party is transferring to the police, the Shin Bet, and the Central Elections Committee hundreds of testimonies and pieces of evidence regarding election theft in many Arab polling stations—thousands of envelopes with cash and Ra’am slips, threats and violence against polling station members, multiple voting behind the curtain, voting with double identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and the number of voters, the use of prohibited mobilization software, and more.
“We demand from the police and the Shin Bet a thorough investigation into the election theft by the Arab parties and the full prosecution of the criminals.
“We demand from the Central Elections Committee an immediate response to investigate these criminal offenses that have severely damaged the integrity of the elections in Israel and the election results.
“This is a serious blow to Israeli democracy and the voting rights of Israeli citizens. The law enforcement agencies must act with an iron fist and in an immediate manner.” Netanyawu wrote on X.
No Clear Winner in Israel parliamentary election as Netanyahu Alleges Widespread Electoral Fraud
