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Israeli police have dismissed claims by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party that the election was “stolen” by parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, according to comments reported by Hebrew-language media outlets. ..."Bibi" says he has proof.
Netanyahu claims Israeli election was 'stolen by Arab parties,' hands alleged evidence to police
“The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the elimination of the Jewish state through serious criminal offenses of bribery, threats, violence, forgeries, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters,” Netanyahu wrote.
“The Likud party is transferring to the police, the Shin Bet, and the Central Elections Committee hundreds of testimonies and pieces of evidence regarding election theft in many Arab polling stations -- thousands of envelopes with cash and Ra'am slips, threats and violence against polling station members, multiple voting behind the curtain, voting with double identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and the number of voters, the use of prohibited mobilization software, and more,” he wrote.msn.com - Netanyahu claims israeli election was stolen by arab parties hands alleged evidence to policeThe first two claims Netanyahu makes, "support terrorism and the elimination of the Jewish state" are apparently grounds, under Israeli law, for a political party to be banned.
I don't understand how seats are allocated under the Israeli system. This is what the net sifter says, wrt who would win the seats, if the Arabs are banned.
How the 19 Seats Would Be Distributed
• Likud (The Largest Party): As the party with the highest individual vote count (over 1.15 million votes), Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud would secure the single largest share of those redistributed seats.
• Yashar! (The Second Largest Party): Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! party (with over 900,000 votes) would claim the second largest share of the redistributed seats.
• The Remaining Threshold Parties: The rest of the seats would be scattered proportionally among the other qualifying mid-sized and smaller parties, including Beyachad, The Democrats, United Torah Judaism, and Shas.Currently, the count would give Likud 53 seats and Yashar 48, so Likud needs 8 of the 19 Arab seats to rule.
Steve
