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Israeli police release two suspects in alleged voter bribery case
Election committee head says alleged foreign interference would not undermine results, while Likud alleges without evidence that Arab-led parties stole the vote.
The short version
- Israeli police released two of three suspects in an alleged voter bribery case on Sunday.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, head of the elections committee, said alleged foreign interference would not undermine the elections even if substantiated.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Netanyahu's bloc of allies fell to 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, while Eisenkot's bloc won 48 seats and Arab-led parties won 19.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Likud has claimed without evidence that Arab-led parties stole the vote, and Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of an orchestrated campaign to delegitimize the results.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
Key facts
- Israeli police released two of three suspects in an alleged voter bribery case on Sunday.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Election committee head Noam Sohlberg said alleged foreign interference, even if substantiated, would not undermine the elections.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Netanyahu's bloc of allies fell to 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- A bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot won 48 seats, and Arab-led parties won 19 seats.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas denounced the arrests as undemocratic and an attempt to influence the election results.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of an orchestrated campaign to delegitimize the election results by insinuating that Qatar supported opposition parties.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Qatar has denied funding any activities meant to influence the election's outcome.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
What remains uncertain
- Likud's claim that Arab-led parties stole the vote is unsupported by evidence in the reporting.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
- Whether the separate foreign interference claims are substantiated is not established in the reporting.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
Sources
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- Israeli officials say elections won't be undermined, and suspects in bribery case are freedPBS NewsHour - World · Wire: associated-press
- Israeli officials say elections won’t be undermined, and suspects in bribery case are freedAssociated Press · Wire: associated-press