Netanyahu says Arab-led parties "stole the elections in Israel!" as count continues

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party alleged Thursday that Arab-led parties had committed election wrongdoing as Israelis awaited final vote results. The Associated Press reported that the count was expected to confirm Netanyahu’s bloc had lost its parliamentary majority. Likud accused Ra’am, an Arab-led party, of involvement in a bribery scheme intended to affect the election and called the matter an attack on democracy. Netanyahu made the allegation in posts on X. Final results were expected Thursday evening. The claim was an allegation, not a confirmed finding, and it came as the outcome of the parliamentary vote remained pending.