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Election Integrity Probe Dominates Israeli Politics · 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: Investigations are underway into suspicions of foreign interference in Israel's
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  Speaker 1: recent elections. The Central Elections Committee chairman, Justice Noam Solberg,
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  Speaker 1: has instructed the Shin Bet security agency to probe allegations
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  Speaker 1: that Arab entities funneled significant foreign funds to unlawfully boost
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  Speaker 1: voter turnout in the Arab sector. Sources suggest potential funding
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  Speaker 1: may have originated from Qatar and Turkey, with some financial
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  Speaker 1: channels reportedly overlapping with those previously linked to terrorist organisations.
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  Speaker 1: These suspicions follow claims by the Likud party that the
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  Speaker 1: election was stolen through criminal offences. However, the Israel police
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  Speaker 1: have rejected these broader allegations, stating there is no investigative
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  Speaker 1: or intelligence evidence to support claims of widespread electoral fraud.
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  Speaker 1: and that only a small number of isolated incidents concerning
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  Speaker 1: integrity occurred. Amidst the post-election political landscape, Yisrael Bey Teh
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  Speaker 1: new chairman Avigdor Liberman has reportedly cut ties with opposition
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  Speaker 1: allies and is advocating for a unity government. Liberman has
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  Speaker 1: remained firm in his refusal to join Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's coalition. Meanwhile, sources close to the Prime Minister indicate
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu is considering forming a unity government with Gadi Eisenkot.
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  Speaker 1: On the international front, reports from Washington suggest US officials
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  Speaker 1: believe President Donald Trump will actively push for a broad-based
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  Speaker 1: government in Israel. Separately, 12 former US administration officials have
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  Speaker 1: resigned over Washington's support for Israel's Gaza campaign, urging Democratic
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  Speaker 1: presidential hopefuls to condemn the policy and highlighting deepening party divisions.
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  Speaker 1: In defence news, Australia is considering Israel's Iron Dome missile
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  Speaker 1: defence system, among others, as it works to build its
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  Speaker 1: first land-based ballistic missile shield. This comes as Israel Aerospace
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  Speaker 1: Industries continues to make significant strides towards space supremacy. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to domestic issues, the city of Ariel is facing renewed
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  Speaker 1: concern following suspicions of child abuse identified in another local kindergarten.
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  Speaker 1: And in international news, Thailand has revoked the citizenship of
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  Speaker 1: a local Harbod leader following raids and investigations. For continuing
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