Netanyahu lost his majority in parliament. Now he claims elections were stolen | CNN
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Since losing his majority in the October 27 vote, Netanyahu and his allies have been pressing a serious accusation: the election was “stolen” by Arab parties through bribery, foreign funding and fraud.

Since losing his majority in the October 27 vote, Netanyahu and his allies have been pressing a serious accusation: the election was “stolen” by Arab parties through bribery, foreign funding and fraud. They are demanding investigations, arrests and, in the most extreme version, even canceling the vote and going to another round of elections.

They have yet to present any evidence, but the political goal is clear: to cast a veil of illegitimacy on the Joint List and Raam, the two Arab parties that saw record turnout and are likely to be a crucial part of any effort to oust Israel’s longest-serving leader.

Netanyahu did not lose the election outright, nor did he win it. The same is true for Eisenkot. Both fell short of the required 61-seat majority in the 120-seat parliament needed for a clear victory. Israel now faces weeks – perhaps months – of political uncertainty.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    7·
    22 hours ago

    This strategy has already been through a few election cycles, and it’s time to end it. Whenever any MAGA starts whining about the election being stolen, don’t debate him. Don’t offer proof, don’t ask for proof, don’t point to lawsuits, etc. Just laugh in their faces, and humiliate them in every way possible. Just talk over them, calling them sore losers, sour grapes, big babies, etc. Then make sure to tell them that they got voted out because they are traitors, racists, pedophiles, stoopid, and LOSERS, and nobody wants that in our country. Say it loud, talking over anything they try to say, then walk away, leaving them seething.

    Bully them relentlessly, they’ve earned it. They need to have a very bad, very unhappy two years.