Israeli election officials confirm results stand amid Netanyahu's stolen election claims
Israel's Central Elections Committee head Noam Sohlberg stated that the general election results will stand even if claims of foreign interference are substantiated, appearing in a video alongside the head of Shin Bet and the attorney general. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's Likud party questioned the outcome, alleging without evidence that Arab-led parties stole the vote with Qatari funding, which Qatar rejected as disinformation. Meanwhile, Israeli police released two of three political activists arrested before the polls for allegedly carrying cash to bribe voters; the suspects were linked to the Arab-led Ra'am party, which won eight seats. Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas condemned the arrests as an undemocratic attempt to influence the results.
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