From the ballot box to the Shin Bet basements: The attack on the Arab voice escalates

A week after elections in which the Arab voter turnout rose to about 80%, incitement against the Arab public continues. Channel 14 aired statements that Arabs do not deserve the right to vote. Meanwhile, all seven detainees in the suspected election bribery case in the Negev were released. In the suspected foreign interference case, the evidence was described as weak. Last night the attack escalated: the Shin Bet chief demanded to question Arab Knesset members under caution, even though sufficient evidence was not presented. The Elections Committee confirmed the results after no findings indicating harm to the integrity of the elections were found.

A week after elections in which the Arab voter turnout rose to about 80%, incitement against the Arab public continues. Channel 14 aired statements that Arabs do not deserve the right to vote. Meanwhile, all seven detainees in the suspected election bribery case in the Negev were released, and the judge criticized the conduct of the investigation. In the suspected foreign interference case, the evidence of involvement by a "foreign country" was described as weak. Last night the attack escalated: the Shin Bet chief demanded to question Arab Knesset members under caution, even though sufficient evidence was not presented. The Elections Committee confirmed the results after no findings indicating harm to the integrity of the elections were found. The article examines the tests facing Arab representatives, including the demand to recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization, and presents the Arab vote as "a form of political and civil self-defense."

From the ballot box to the Shin Bet basements: The attack on the Arab voice escalates