About our analysis as a pretext for incitement against us
The article addresses the incitement campaign against Arabs in Israel following the elections, viewing it as part of an ongoing series of incitement. It rejects accusations of "Arabs stealing the elections" and describes them as an attempt to delegitimize the choices of Arab voters, pointing to investigations, interrogations, and arrests targeting Arab lawmakers, activists, and journalists.
The editorial discusses the recent incitement campaign against Arabs within Israel, describing it not as a passing cloud linked to the elections but as a chapter in a continuous series of incitement and persecution. The article rejects accusations that "Arabs stole the elections," promoted by Israeli politicians and media figures, and considers them an attempt to strip the election results of their legitimacy. It notes that what the Arabs did was take the elections seriously, go to the polls, and vote for their Arab lists, which prevented the current coalition from returning and complicated the political landscape. The article mentions that these accusations were accompanied by summons for questioning of current and former Arab lawmakers, and arrests of activists and journalists merely because they were abroad before the elections. It sees the goal of this campaign as intimidating and confusing Arabs simply for expressing their political will and their stance on government policies.