Netanyahu can't form a government, so he blames "extremist Islam" and Qatar In his first public speech since losing his majority in last week's elections, Netanyahu declared that "extremist Islam" is tearing Europe apart and now threatens Israel "from within", through Arab parties he called "supporters of terror". He also renewed the claims that foreign countries poured "huge sums of money" into the vote, and pointed to an investigation by the Shin Bet ordered by the head of the elections, Judge Noam Solberg. Israeli media claim that it focuses on alleged Qatari and Turkish funding for Arab turnouts; Qatar calls it a disinformation campaign. The Shin Bet is run by David Zini, Netanyahu's appointee and confidant, and has already asked to investigate RAM leader Mansour Abbas and other Arab lawmakers. But on the same day that Netanyahu spoke, the Central Election Commission confirmed the results, found no evidence of fraud and emphasized that the investigation would not change the result.

Netanyahu can't form a government, so he blames "extremist Islam" and Qatar In his first public speech since losing his majority in last week's elections, Netanyahu declared that "extremist Islam" is tearing Europe apart and now threatens Israel "from within", through Arab parties he called "supporters of terror". He also renewed the claims that foreign countries poured "huge sums of money" into the vote, and pointed to an investigation by the Shin Bet ordered by the head of the elections, Judge Noam Solberg. Israeli media claim that it focuses on alleged Qatari and Turkish funding for Arab turnouts; Qatar calls it a disinformation campaign. The Shin Bet is run by David Zini, Netanyahu's appointee and confidant, and has already asked to investigate RAM leader Mansour Abbas and other Arab lawmakers. But on the same day that Netanyahu spoke, the Central Election Commission confirmed the results, found no evidence of fraud and emphasized that the investigation would not change the result.