'Despicable blood libel’: Jabareen slams Netanyahu over Ra’am Election Day arrests report
The Prime Minister’s Office called the N12 report “false,” saying Chief of Staff Ido Norden only connected a source with criminal information to the police.
Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a report alleging involvement in the Election Day arrests of three Ra'am activists. According to the report by N12, people close to Netanyahu are suspected of using the police and Shin Bet against Arab voters and leaders. Jabareen described this as an attempted regime coup and called for Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara to launch an investigation into Netanyahu and his office.
He warned that if verified, the findings would constitute a criminal mechanism aiming to skew election results and vowed accountability for those found responsible, including Netanyahu. Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi also criticized the report, calling for an immediate police investigation and accusing Netanyahu's office of attempting a mafia-like takeover of the election process.
The Prime Minister's Office dismissed the report as false and defamation, stating that it was based on baseless information. However, the report's leader Gadi Eisenkot dismissed Netanyahu and his associates as a threat to Israeli democracy, calling for an immediate investigation and commission of inquiry into the involvement of the Prime Minister's Office in the Election Day events.
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