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Israel Election Interference Probe Launched by Shin Bet · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: Our top story tonight involves serious allegations of foreign interference
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  Speaker 1: in Israel's recent elections. The Central Elections Committee chairman, Justice
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  Speaker 1: Noam Solberg, has instructed the Shin Bet to investigate suspicions
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  Speaker 1: that foreign entities, potentially including Qatar and Turkey, funneled significant
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  Speaker 1: funds through illicit channels to unlawfully boost voter turnout in
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  Speaker 1: the Arab sector. The Shin Bet is examining alleged funding networks,
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  Speaker 1: with preliminary investigations suggesting possible links to groups previously associated
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  Speaker 1: with terrorist organisations. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givir has called
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  Speaker 1: for the immediate arrest of Arab party leaders suspected of involvement,
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  Speaker 1: alongside figures from the Muslim Brotherhood. Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot
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  Speaker 1: emphasised the need to protect election integrity, stating Israel must
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  Speaker 1: investigate every complaint thoroughly. Conversely, Yair Golan, chairman of the
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  Speaker 1: Democrats' party, accused Likud of weaponising state institutions for political
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  Speaker 1: gain and attempting to delegitimise the election results. Likud minister
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  Speaker 1: Miki Zohar responded by accusing Golan of treason. Meanwhile, pollsters
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  Speaker 1: have admitted to significant errors in their election forecasts. with
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  Speaker 1: Dr Menashem Lazar noting that, no side won, and the
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  Speaker 1: picture for government formation remains unclear, drawing parallels to situations
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  Speaker 1: in 2015. The Central Election Committee has stated there is
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  Speaker 1: no further information on the suspicions at this time. In
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  Speaker 1: international security news, the naval force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards
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  Speaker 1: has claimed to have taken control of an American unmanned
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  Speaker 1: reconnaissance aircraft, identified as an MQM-170, west of the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz. the guards stated the aircraft was landed safely.
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  Speaker 1: This event carries implications for potential regional escalation. In Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle at the entrance
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  Speaker 1: to the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip,
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  Speaker 1: resulting in two fatalities, according to reports. Turning to defence technology,
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  Speaker 1: Australia is evaluating Israeli defence technology as it seeks to
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  Speaker 1: procure a medium-range missile defence system. Among the systems being
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  Speaker 1: considered are interceptors from Israel's Iron Dome system, alongside other
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  Speaker 1: international options. And in a separate development, following raids and investigations,
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