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Israel Election Commission Rejects Fraud Claims, Certifies Results
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In Short: Israel's Central Elections Committee has certified the results of last week's parliamentary elections, rejecting claims of fraud.
The Central Elections Committee has certified the results of last week's parliamentary elections in Israel, finding no evidence of fraud that would compromise the integrity of the vote.
President Isaac Herzog has begun consultations with party representatives to form a new government, following the certification of the results.
The committee reviewed 9,069 polling stations and found no irregularities that would change the results.
Netanyahu's allies have refused to back the results, despite the committee's findings.
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg warned that casting doubt on the election results poses a real danger to Israel's democracy.
Qatar has rejected claims that it funded Arab-led parties, calling them disinformation.
The election saw a surge in support for Arab-led parties, with Ra'am and the Joint List securing a record 19 seats.
Netanyahu has repeatedly alleged fraud by Arab-majority parties, but the committee found no evidence to support these claims.
Israel's Democrats party leader Yair Golan accused Netanyahu of attempting to seize power by force after losing the election.
Herzog urged both sides to accept that not every commitment and promise can be fulfilled and to avoid new elections.
Background
The Central Elections Committee has certified the results of last week's parliamentary elections in Israel, rejecting claims of fraud by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allies.
Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition secured a parliamentary majority in Israel's election.
What's confirmed
- Netanyahu’s allies refused to back the result, as President Herzog began talks on who should form the next government Israel’s Central Elections Committee has certified the results of last week’s parliamentary elections after finding no evidence of fraud, a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to discredit the vote.
- The elections committee said a review of 9,069 polling stations found no irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or changed its results.
- Election officials said they had examined complaints and allegations individually and thoroughly but found no evidence to support claims that the overall election results were invalid.
- Israel’s election commission revealed Wednesday it found no fraud in last week’s vote, undermining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to discredit the results.
- “All complaints submitted by political factions have been reviewed and there were no findings indicating harm to the integrity of the election,” it said in a statement.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog accepted on Wednesday the certified results from last week’s vote, and said he would begin consultations with party representatives regarding the formation of a new government.
- Speaking at the official results ceremony at President Isaac Herzog’s residence, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg said those casting doubt on the election results pose “a real danger” to Israel’s democracy.
- Tel Aviv (TDI): Israel’s Central Elections Committee has rejected allegations of electoral fraud promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that an audit of thousands of polling stations found no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the October 27 election.
- Israel's Central Elections Committee said on Wednesday that its review of complaints had uncovered no evidence compromising the integrity of last week's parliamentary elections, rejecting allegations of fraud and foreign interference that had been raised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.
- The demonstration took place at Hostages Square, three days before Israel’s general election, the first since the war on Gaza began.
What's still developing
- He has said even if foreign interference were confirmed, it would not undermine the overall result.
- Netanyahu has repeatedly alleged fraud by Arab-majority parties, pointing to the arrests of several people with envelopes of cash on election day and later saying lawmakers received money from Qatar -- allegations that have been levelled at his own aides in the past.
- The crowd heard calls for a commission of inquiry into the security failures that led to the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war in Gaza.
- Israel’s opposition bloc is considering legislation to introduce direct elections for prime minister as it seeks a way out of the political deadlock following an inconclusive election, The Times of Israel reported.
- His aphorism came to mind as Israel's election results filtered through on Tuesday night - exit polls blending with ballots that were cast to dash or fulfil people's hopes and fears.
- Nationwide turnout as of 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) was the highest at that point in the day since such statistics were first recorded in 1973, with the Central Elections Committee giving a figure of 44.9 percent.
- LONDON: At a pharmacy in Tira, an Arab city in central Israel, a young cashier urged Amal to vote in the Israeli general election on Tuesday.
- The election saw soaring support for lists from the Arab minority, descendants of Palestinians who stayed in Israel after its 1948 creation and who have largely been outraged by the harsh rhetoric and actions of Netanyahu’s far-right government.
- Partial results from Israel's general election show veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marginally ahead of his rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, but still short of a majority in parliament.
- Israel Election Results 2026 LIVE: Shin Bet chief David Zini has told Central Elections Committee chairman Noam Sohlberg that he will follow the attorney general’s instructions in the investigation into suspected foreign interference in Israel’s election, Channel 12 reported.