Netanyahu alleges Israeli election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of “the greatest election fraud” in the history of democracy.

Hours after Netanyahu's comments, Naftali Bennett, a nationalist set to replace him as prime minister, called on Israel's longest-serving leader not to leave "scorched earth" behind and accept that "people are allowed to establish a government - even if you don't head it".

Netanyahu made his sweeping accusation at a time when Israel's domestic security chief has warned publicly about the prospect of political violence.

"We are witnessing the greatest election fraud in the history of the country, in my opinion in the history of any democracy," Netanyahu said in comments to legislators from his right-wing Likud party.

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June 6, 2021
9:02 PM EDT
Jeffrey Heller
3 minute read


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-alleges-election-fraud-accuses-rival-duplicity-2021-06-06/

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Related: Israeli security chief issues rare warning over potential for Jan. 6-style mob violence ahead of Netanyahu departure (Washington Post)

[Xipe Totec]

1. Playing his Trump card. nt

[elleng]

2. LOOLOLOL!

[alittlelark]

3. Of Course he does.......................................

[Grokenstein]

4. Dang, that sounds so familiar...

[AZ8theist]

5. How could that POSSIBLY be the greatest fraud in history???????

When the GREATEST in HISTORY occurred in the United States last November?????

BOTH CAN'T BE TRUE!!!!

[oasis]

6. Monkey see, monkey do.

please proceed

[Eugene]

7. Israeli security chief issues rare warning over potential for Jan. 6-style mob violence ahead of Net

Source: Washington Post

Israeli security chief issues rare warning over potential for Jan. 6-style mob violence ahead of Netanyahu departure

By Shira Rubin
June 6, 2021 at 8:19 p.m. EDT

TEL AVIV — The head of Israel's internal security service said that "extremely violent and inciting discourse" targeting the lawmakers who are seeking to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure as prime minister could take a potentially lethal form — a grim echo of the warnings ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman said Saturday that the spike in vitriol targeting Netanyahu’s opponents online and in public demonstrations “may be interpreted by certain groups or individuals as one that allows for violent and illegal activities that may even, God forbid, become lethal.”

He called on public officials to rein in the groups that have vowed to do “anything possible” to prevent the swearing in of a new power-sharing government that has been spearheaded by centrist politician Yair Lapid.

Netanyahu has said he condemns any incitement and violence, but he said at a meeting with his Likud party on Sunday that “incitement against us is also raging.” He called on lawmakers to vote against the formation of the “fraudulent” alternative government.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahu-trump-capitol-mob-siege/2021/06/06/40a1d10e-c68a-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html

[SheilaAnn]

8. Trump says "Hold my beer."...n/t

[BlueIdaho]

9. Trump has given all these crooks a hall pass.

Never again will an autocrat own up to their own loss and admit defeat.

[Yavin4]

11. Yeah. Brazil will be next.

And it will be the ugliest.

[IronLionZion]

32. Putin is probably the OG for this

where Trump got the idea from.

[BlueIdaho]

36. Yes!

I think Putin and his agents are behind a bunch of the world’s current ills.

[SheltieLover]

10. Pos should be shading a cell with shit stain

[dalton99a]

12. So original.

[Permanut]

13. Yeah, you scoff now..

But just you wait until we see all the evidence on Bennett's son's hard drive.

[True Blue American]

34. LOL

[athenasatanjesus]

14. If you have right wingers supporting you just claim election fraud.

World wide they will always support you evidence or no.

[duforsure]

15. Bibi is acting so much like our deranged loser its funny,

Like ours, for fear more of his criminal acts will be exposed, and he'll have real consequences.

[Sibelius Fan]

16. I hate that fucking asshole.

[RVN VET71]

17. And so it begins.

Another thug attempts to destroy democracy.

[gab13by13]

18. It looks like a job for CYBER NINJAS.

[reACTIONary]

19. +10 nt

[reACTIONary]

20. All he needs now is a ...

... change of pants.

[reACTIONary]

21. His brother-in-arms...

“With his brother-in-arms Trump out of power, consumed by incoherent ranting and mumbling in Mar-a-Lago about how the election was stolen from him by Democrats and the media, Netanyahu has one last page to copy from Trump’s playbook:
creating his own ‘January 6,’ ” Alon Pinkas wrote in the left-leaning daily Haaretz. “As a result of incitement and disinformation, judges, prosecutors and now also the leaders of the opposition are receiving extra protection after Netanyahu’s cultlike supporters threatened their lives.”

[machoneman]

25. So much for peace-loving Israeli Jews! Aside from hating and killing Palestinians, now they

turn on their own with threats and worse. All to prop up a dictator-like Prime Minister. Anyone see similarities to the 1930's Germany and a fellow named A.H.? How soon they forget............

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Another MF45!

[Beastly Boy]

23. This is the problem with Trumpism. It's contageous.

And it endangers democracies everywhere in the world.

[droidamus2]

26. Maybe?

Maybe Biden can start a new program called 'warped speed' to create a vaccine to rid us this disease

[Marcuse]

24. I remember the GQP inviting him to trash Obama's Iran accord

He lied that Iran would test a bomb a year after the 2015 treaty. Very good riddance. Triple Knesset security.

[True Blue American]

35. Thank you to the fool on the left!

And now he is gone!

[aggiesal]

27. Following Pendejo45's playbook n/t

[Firestorm49]

28. Oh brother. What is this? The next world wide battle cry?

[Javaman]

29. I wonder if the Israeli's have the patience for this bullshit. nt

[SWBTATTReg]

30. These people such as netanyahu and rump think when they lose by legitimate means is illegal...

with no evidence what-so-ever to prove such accusations. This so called 'political' speech is dangerous and they should be sanctioned (at least) for fear mongering and inciting violence AND never be allowed to run for public office again.

[IronLionZion]

31. Because that worked out so well for Trump

RWers are the worst

[11 Bravo]

33. Bite me, Bibi. Trump's bullshit didn't even work for original performer.

What makes you think you can pull it off?