Shin Bet and IDF knew Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif went underground hours before October 7 attack
The investigation found failures in intelligence analysis and decision-making, but did not attribute negligence to any specific party. The military maintains that the full picture could not have been understood that night
Israeli electoral authorities officially rejected allegations of fraud by Arab parties in the October 27 election, which could potentially lead to the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After conducting an audit of 9,069 polling stations following complaints, the Central Elections Committee stated that the announced results accurately reflect the will of the voters and found no evidence of electoral malpractice.
Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed that Arab-majority parties engaged in fraud, citing arrests of individuals with cash envelopes and allegations that politicians received money from Qatar. However, the attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, stated that she would not question anyone without evidence after reports about the head of the domestic security service, a Netanyahu ally, requesting to interrogate Arab parties.
Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, who aims to unite centrists and centre-right parties and end Netanyahu's polarizing rule, accused Likud of attempting a "pogrom against democracy." Former prime minister Yair Lapid noted that the US midterm elections, which saw Democrats defeat Trump's Republicans, removed any possibility of a unity government led by Netanyahu.
The head of the largest Arab-majority party in the next parliament, Yousef Jabareen, urged the opposition to accept the political reality and form a coalition to remove Netanyahu.
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