"Hypocrisy Exposed": Shas Attacks the Left Bloc Amid Allegations

The Shas party issued a sharp statement in response to suspicions of election bribery in Arab society, attacking the left bloc and Arab parties. The party recalled the nickname 'Alliance of Draft Dodgers' directed at the right, claiming that the left is actually mired in suspicions of buying votes with enemy state funds. The attack comes amid the expansion of the investigation and Judge Solberg's directive to the Shin Bet to examine suspicions of foreign funding.

The Shas party issued a sharp statement in response to suspicions of election bribery in Arab society and the involvement of foreign elements in funding vote buying. In the statement, the party attacked the left bloc and Arab parties, recalling the nickname 'Alliance of Draft Dodgers' directed at right-wing parties during the election campaign. Shas claimed that the 'Serving Bloc' of the left and Arabs is mired in serious suspicions of buying votes with enemy state funds. The attack comes amid the expansion of the investigation, after the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, instructed the head of the Shin Bet to examine suspicions of improper influence by foreign elements. Police arrested additional suspects in the affair, after envelopes containing cash and voting slips of the Ra'am party were seized. Shas's statement joins sharp reactions from the right-wing bloc, including the nickname 'Ra'amgate' by the Likud.