Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday rejected the accusations that he contributed to the creation of a vote-buying case in the Arab sector during election day, while the head of the Ishr Party, Gadi Eisenkot, pledged to push for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the case, at the same time as the faltering talks to form a new government and the growing divisions in the anti-Netanyahu camp.
The denial by Netanyahu's office came in response to a report on the "Ovda" program on Channel 12, in which it was stated that the enforcement authorities are investigating the possibility that officials in the prime minister's office planted information that led to the arrest of 3 members of the "Ream" party from southern Israel, on the morning of election day, on suspicion of vote buying.