Police find no evidence for Netanyahu’s election theft claims

Israel’s ruling Likud party has accused Arab parties of stealing the election after their strong showing left both major blocs short of a majority Israeli police have found no evidence supporting claims by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party that Arab parties rigged Tuesday’s parliamentary election, according to local media.Police received 48 complaints involving suspected fraud and voter impersonation, roughly 40% fewer than in the previous election. No investigative or intelligence evidence pointed to widespread fraud, i24NEWS reported on Thursday.“There’s nothing dramatic,” said Major General Boaz Blatt, head of the police’s Investigations and Intelligence Division, according to Kan News.Israel’s Central Elections Committee said it received around 10,000 reports of suspected electoral irregularities, but roughly 80% were dismissed as unrelated to election integrity, including false or incorrectly classified complaints. The reports included allegations of photography at polling stations, ballot tampering and disruptions to voting.Neither major political bloc secured a parliamentary majority in Israel’s first election since the outbreak of the war with Hamas in Gaza in...