Israel Police rejected Likud's claims that the election had been "stolen" on Thursday morning, stating that there was no investigative or intelligence evidence to support the allegations.
"Election day passed with a small number of unusual incidents concerning electoral integrity, even compared with previous elections. It should be emphasized that there is no investigative or intelligence evidence to support the claims," the police said in a Thursday statement.
On Wednesday, Likud accused Arab parties of allegedly stealing Israel's Knesset election through widespread electoral fraud, bribery, intimidation, and ballot manipulation, and demanded an immediate investigation by law enforcement authorities.
Likud claim that Arab parties 'stole' the election is unsubstantiated, police say
"The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the destruction of the Jewish state through serious criminal offenses involving bribery, threats, violence, forgery, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters," the party said.
The party cited allegations involving thousands of envelopes containing cash alongside ballot slips for Ra'am, threats and violence against polling station committee members, multiple voters entering voting booths together, voting under duplicate identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and registered voters, and the use of prohibited voter mobilization software.
The allegations have not been independently verified, and no evidence establishing that Arab parties systematically manipulated the election results has been made public.