Election crisis in Israel! Shocking call from the cornered Netanyahu bloc: 'Detain him'

In the parliamentary elections held in Israel on Tuesday, October 27, the Joint List led by Yusuf Jaber, representing the Palestinians who are Israeli citizens, and the United Arab List (Raam Party) of Mansur Abbas gained a total of 19 deputies and occupied a key position in the Israeli Parliament.

'THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT ALONE'

After Arab parties reached such a high number of seats, Netanyahu's ruling bloc, which gained 53 seats, and the opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, which remained at 48 seats, have no possibility of forming a government alone.

Allegations that funds were transferred from abroad to the Joint List and the Raam Party in order to interfere in the elections in Israel were reflected in the press.

It was reported that Israeli Central Election Committee Chairman Noam Solberg requested the domestic intelligence agency Shin-Bet (Shabak) Director David Zini to investigate the allegations.

'TAKE IT INTO DETENTION'

Thereupon, far-right National Security Minister Ben-Gvir, one of the leading figures behind the policy of systematic oppression and violence against Palestinians, asked Shin-Bet to detain the leaders of the Joint List and Raam Party.

From his account on the social media platform, Ben-Gvir called for the leaders of the Arab parties to be ordered to be detained as of this morning.

Far-right Finance Minister Smotrich, in his post on his account on the US-based social media platform, said, "The leaders of the Arab parties must be questioned by Shin-Bet today." he said.

'A BIG FIASCO'

On the other hand, Yair Golan, leader of the opposition Democratic Party, speaking to Israeli state television KAN, stated that he expects his party to be represented in the parliament with 8 deputies after all the votes are counted.

While Golan stated that "Netanyahu will be sent home" with the election results and "no business will be done with him", he emphasized that similar attempts in the past "ended in a huge fiasco".

In his statement on his social media platform regarding the election results in Israel, Golan announced that he would meet with other party leaders in the opposition bloc.

Golan pointed out that the opposition bloc and the parties representing Israeli Palestinians have reached a sufficient number in total to form the government and said:

"The people had their say. With 67 seats, the majority of the Israeli public demanded change. I plan to try every way, work in every way and do everything necessary to implement the will of the voters and ensure the establishment of a government of change and salvation for Israel."

'ELECTIONS WERE STOLEN'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his claim that "the Raam Party stole the elections with the Joint List", even though the Israeli police announced that they found it unfounded.

In his statement on his social media account on behalf of the Likud Party he leads, Netanyahu stated that they will not allow any Zionist party to cooperate with Raam and the Joint List, or to replace the Speaker of the Israeli Parliament with the votes of the parties in question.

Netanyahu called on the Israeli police and the domestic intelligence agency Shin-Bet to take action against allegations that "Arab parties receive funding from abroad."

The Likud Party claimed that "the elections were stolen by Arab parties" due to the high participation rate of Israeli Palestinians in the elections.

Likud claimed that there were irregularities in the elections and that hundreds of statements and evidence were submitted to the police, the Israeli Internal Security Organization (Shin Bet) and the Central Election Committee regarding the allegation that votes were stolen in many ballot boxes in areas where Palestinians live heavily.

Israeli police announced in a written statement yesterday that there was no intelligence data supporting the Likud Party's claim that "Arab parties stole the elections".