The Likud party issued a severe public statement on Wednesday, claiming that Israel’s democratic process was fundamentally compromised and that the elections for the 26th Knesset were “stolen” by Arab political factions through systematic criminal conduct.
1+According to the party’s claims, the alleged interference involved a coordinated network of offenses, including election bribery, intimidation of voters and election workers, physical violence at voting precincts, ballot forgery, and the unlawful deployment of specialized digital software to manipulate voter turnout.
Likud officials detailed that their legal and oversight teams have formally submitted hundreds of testimonies, documents, and evidentiary files to the Israel Police, the Shin Bet domestic security agency, and the Central Elections Committee.Among the materials presented, the party highlighted the discovery of envelopes containing cash alongside party ballots for Ra’am, visual documentation of threats and hostile intimidation against polling committee staff, and widespread administrative irregularities.
The latter included unlawful multi-voter presence behind the voting booth screen and allegations of individuals casting ballots under assumed or duplicate identities.
In light of these findings, Likud called upon the Israel Police and the Shin Bet to immediately initiate a comprehensive criminal and national security inquiry into what the party termed “the theft of the elections”.
1+The party also petitioned the Central Elections Committee, insisting that the supervisory authority give immediate consideration to the documented violations, which Likud argued have severely tainted the integrity of the voting process and altered the true electoral outcome.
Concluding its statement, Likud warned that the reported offenses constitute “a severe injury to Israeli democracy and to the voting rights of the citizens of Israel”.
The party urged law enforcement agencies and judicial authorities to intervene decisively and apply the full weight of statutory sanctions against all individuals and political actors responsible for the alleged violations.