Israeli officials say results stand as Netanyahu claims election ‘stolen’

Election body says deadlocked result won’t be undermined even if foreign interference claims are found to be true.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-11-02 00:29查看原文 ↗

Election body says deadlocked result won’t be undermined even if foreign interference claims are found to be true.

A protester holds a placard during a demonstration near the Israeli prime minister’s residence in West Jerusalem on October 31, 2026, calling for the formation of a Jewish-Arab coalition government following a deadlock in Israel's general elections [AFP]

The head of Israel’s elections commission has said the results of the country’s general election would still stand even if claims of foreign interference were substantiated.

“Our position is that even if the suspicions are substantiated, this would not undermine the integrity of the electoral process or the election results as a whole,” Central Elections Committee head Noam Sohlberg said in a video on Sunday, in which he appeared with the head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, and the attorney general.

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Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party had questioned the results after saying, without providing evidence, that Arab-led parties, which made significant gains in Tuesday’s elections, “stole” the vote and accepted funding from Qatar to do it.

Qatar has rejected the allegations , calling it a disinformation campaign.

Also on Sunday, Israeli police released two out of three political activists arrested before Tuesday’s polls opened. They were carrying envelopes of cash, allegedly to bribe voters, police said.

One was released on unspecified conditions, while another was ordered to remain on house arrest.

Police said the suspects were connected to the Arab-led Ra’am party, which won eight seats.

Its leader, Mansour Abbas, denounced the arrests as undemocratic and “an attempt to influence the election results”.

‘Orchestrated and organised campaign’

Main opposition leader Eisenkot on Sunday accused Netanyahu of launching an “orchestrated and organised campaign to delegitimise the results”.

Eisenkot has previously ruled out forming a coalition with Arab parties, but a deadlock in Tuesday’s elections means siding with the parties could help him form a government.

Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats in Tuesday’s elections, while the opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, won 48, meaning neither side can form a government in Israel’s 120-seat parliament alone.

Israel’s three Arab-led parties, including the Ra’am party, won a record 19 seats.

A coalition of Arab parties with Eisenkot would provide a comfortable majority of 67 in parliament. However, for many in Israel, the idea of siding with Arab parties is politically unpalatable.

The results are due to be officially certified this week, after which President Isaac Herzog must nominate a candidate to form a new government.

选举机构表示，即使外国干预的指控属实，也不会推翻目前僵持不下的选举结果。

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以色列选举委员会主席表示，即使外国干预的指控得到证实，该国大选结果仍将有效。

“我们的立场是，即使这些怀疑得到证实，也不会损害选举过程的公正性或选举结果的整体公正性，”中央选举委员会主席诺姆·索尔伯格周日在一段视频中说道。视频中，他与以色列国内安全机构辛贝特的负责人和总检察长一同出镜。

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以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡领导的利库德集团质疑选举结果，在没有提供证据的情况下声称，在周二的选举中取得重大进展的阿拉伯政党“窃取”了选票，并接受了卡塔尔的资金来实施这一行为。

卡塔尔否认了这些指控，称其为虚假信息宣传活动。

周日，以色列警方释放了周二投票前被捕的三名政治活动人士中的两人。警方称，他们当时携带装有现金的信封，涉嫌贿赂选民。