Otzma Yehudit Knesset Member Yitzhak Kroizer issued an alarming public alert on Thursday, warning of potential nationwide civil unrest and calling on Israeli citizens to carry personal firearms in anticipation of legal rulings that could invalidate votes cast for the Ra’am party. Posting to his personal account on social platform X, Kroizer pointed directly to Central Elections Committee Chairman, Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg, asserting that decisive judicial action against tainted ballots will provoke violent backlash. “When Solberg disqualifies votes for Ra’am, the Arabs will launch Guardian of the Walls 2. Go arm yourselves!” Kroizer wrote.
Kroizer’s statement references the grave civil unrest that erupted across the country during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021, when mixed Jewish-Arab cities such as Lod, Ramle, and Acre, as well as arterial routes across the Negev and Galilee, were overwhelmed by coordinated riots, armed shootings, synagogue arsons, and physical assaults on Jewish residents. The lawmaker’s call arrives as the inter-agency investigation into the “Ra’amgate” scandal intensifies.
Law enforcement authorities are currently remanding seven suspects tied to an organized cash-for-votes network uncovered in the Negev on Election Day, where police seized envelopes containing tens of thousands of shekels alongside official Ra’am voting slips. Concurrently, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is actively tracing suspected multi-million-shekel funding pipelines originating from hostile foreign states, acting under formal directives issued by Justice Solberg. Testimonies emerging from polling stations across the Arab sector have alleged systemic irregularities, including the widespread distribution of pre-loaded fuel cards, direct cash payments scaled to family voter rolls, and physical intimidation of ballot inspectors.
As the Central Elections Committee processes double envelopes and reviews formal evidentiary petitions from Likud and legal watchdog organizations, the possibility of disqualifying demonstrably compromised ballot boxes has emerged as a central legal flashpoint. Kroizer’s public intervention reflects rising right-wing security concerns that holding the Arab factions accountable to election-purity laws will trigger severe domestic friction, prompting his urgent appeal for civilian readiness.