Israel Police rejected Likud's claims that the election had been "stolen" on Thursday morning, stating that there was no investigative or intelligence evidence to support the allegations."Election day passed with a small number of unusual incidents concerning electoral integrity, even compared with previous elections. It should be emphasized that there is no investigative or intelligence evidence to support the claims," the police said in a Thursday statement.On Wednesday, Likud accused Arab parties of allegedly stealing Israel's Knesset election through widespread electoral fraud, bribery, intimidation, and ballot manipulation, and demanded an immediate investigation by law enforcement authorities."
The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the destruction of the Jewish state through serious criminal offenses involving bribery, threats, violence, forgery, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters," the party said.
This is a developing story.Shir Perets contributed to this report.
The Jerusalem Post leads on the police rejecting Likud's claim that the election was stolen, and it reports that rejection fairly and prominently. In its own voice it calls the accused parties only "Arab parties" and never names them as the parties of Palestinian citizens of Israel. It closes on Likud's charge that those parties support terrorism, with no word from any of them.
Erases a people's national identity
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“Arab parties”
Why this matters
The headline, in the Post's own words outside the quotation marks, names the accused only as "Arab parties".
The impression it gives
A reader takes the accused as an ethnic bloc inside Israel, with no link to the Palestinian people.
The context
Survey evidence shows most Arab citizens of Israel choose a self-description containing Palestinian. The article never uses the word Palestinian anywhere, so the headline cuts these citizens off from their people.
How we know
On the recordIn Sammy Smooha's April-June 2019 survey of 718 adult Arab citizens of Israel, including Druze and Bedouin, 61.9% chose a self-description containing Palestinian. This is historical survey evidence, not a 2026 percentage or proof of any individual's identity. Arab and Palestinian identities can coexist.newscord.org (opens in a new tab)
Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “Palestinian”.
The Post's own summary of the accusation repeats the Arab-only label rather than reserving it for Likud's quoted words.
The impression it gives
A reader is given no sign that the people whose votes Likud calls stolen are Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The context
The label sits in the outlet's paraphrase, not only in Likud's quote. Nothing in the report identifies these citizens as Palestinian, though survey evidence shows most identify that way.
How we know
On the recordIn Sammy Smooha's April-June 2019 survey of 718 adult Arab citizens of Israel, including Druze and Bedouin, 61.9% chose a self-description containing Palestinian. This is historical survey evidence, not a 2026 percentage or proof of any individual's identity. Arab and Palestinian identities can coexist.newscord.org (opens in a new tab)
“stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the destruction of the Jewish state”
Why this matters
The Post ends the article on Likud's quote charging the parties with supporting terrorism and the destruction of the state.
The impression it gives
A reader hears the accusers and the police but never the accused, and leaves on the terrorism charge.
The context
No Arab party is named or quoted, and no response is sought or reported. The police statement answers the fraud claim only. It finds "no investigative or intelligence evidence" for the claims. Nothing in the article addresses the terrorism charge.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“no investigative or intelligence evidence to support the allegations”