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Israel Orders Election Funding Probe Amid Fraud Claims · 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: The political scene is charged following the recent elections with
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  Speaker 1: significant allegations of fraud and ongoing investigations. The Likud party
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  Speaker 1: claimed Arab parties manipulated the vote through bribery and other
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  Speaker 1: illicit means. However, the Israel police have stated they found
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  Speaker 1: no evidence to support these fraud allegations. Despite this, Central
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  Speaker 1: Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Solberg has instructed Shin Bet
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  Speaker 1: Chief David Zinni to investigate suspicions of foreign funding aimed
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  Speaker 1: at skewing election results, particularly concerning Arab sector turnout. Solberg
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  Speaker 1: emphasised the critical importance of this probe for public confidence
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  Speaker 1: in democracy, noting potential foreign actors like Qatar and Turkey.
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  Speaker 1: Finance Minister Beyt Salel Smotrich deemed the suspected foreign Islamist
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  Speaker 1: funding a critical test for the State of Israel. and
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  Speaker 1: called for an immediate Shin Bet inquiry. The Shin Bet,
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  Speaker 1: which had previously declared the election safe, faces scrutiny as
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  Speaker 1: it begins its investigation, with findings requested within a week. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Yisrael Bey Teh new chairman Avigdor Liberman has reportedly severed
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  Speaker 1: ties with opposition allies Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot. Liberman
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  Speaker 1: is advocating for a unity government, but remains unwilling to
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  Speaker 1: join Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition. reportedly waiting for potential shifts
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  Speaker 1: driven by security escalations. Turning to regional security, Hezbollah Secretary-General
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  Speaker 1: Naim Qasem delivered a speech affirming the group's commitment to
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  Speaker 1: resistance against any aggression and rejecting disarmament talks while Israeli
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  Speaker 1: occupation continues. He stressed the need for Israeli withdrawal based
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  Speaker 1: on past agreements and UN Resolution 17-1. Qasem also suggested
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  Speaker 1: the Iran-US agreement has eased tensions against Lebanon. In wider
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  Speaker 1: regional activity, Iran reportedly attacked a ship in the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz, off the coast of Amman. Israel conducted a
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  Speaker 1: series of overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting Kfar Tibnit
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  Speaker 1: and the outskirts of Barachit, with one missile failing to
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  Speaker 1: detonate before a follow-up strike. Military aircraft were also observed
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  Speaker 1: flying at very low altitudes over Sidon. In the realm
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  Speaker 1: of technology and national ambition, the Israel Aerospace Industries is
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  Speaker 1: reportedly taking significant steps toward achieving space supremacy. On a
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  Speaker 1: more positive note, Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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  Speaker 1: has awarded Smit Machar and colleagues the first-class order of
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  Speaker 1: Zayed for their heroism in thwarting an Omani copilot's attempt
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  Speaker 1: to crash a plane carrying Israeli passengers. In security news,
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  Speaker 1: authorities in Ashdod discovered a cache of weapons and bomb-making
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  Speaker 1: components in a public area, suspected to be linked to
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  Speaker 1: a criminal organisation. In Jerusalem, a woman was critically injured
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  Speaker 1: after being hit by a minibus on Agrippa's Street. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for joining us on Israel
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