Israel Election Committee Seeks 1-Week Shin Bet Probe Before Nov. 4 Certification
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 29
Israel Election Committee Seeks 1-Week Shin Bet Probe Before Nov. 4 Certification
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 29
Summary
A Wednesday letter from Israel’s central elections committee asked Shin Bet to investigate alleged foreign interference and report back within a week, ahead of the Nov. 4 deadline to certify the election.
The request cited claims that “foreign entities” funded activity against Israeli interests, but gave no details and offered no assessment of whether the allegations were credible.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has separately alleged without evidence that Arab parties “stole” the election and demanded police and Shin Bet investigations.
Yair Golan, following Gadi Eisenkot’s criticism, accused Netanyahu of trying to delegitimize the result by targeting Arab voters, sharpening a dispute that now overlaps with the formal probe request.