Mansour Abbas: Ra'am has no connection to suspicions of Qatari involvement in the elections

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Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas denies any connection of his party to suspicions of foreign influence on the elections. According to Israel Hayom, Abbas welcomed the decision of Judge Noam Sohlberg to investigate the suspicions and clarified that his party will cooperate with law enforcement authorities. According to Arutz Sheva, Abbas said his party has no connection to the affair, so "there will be nothing, because there is nothing".

According to Kikar HaShabbat, Abbas responded to the suspicions for the first time after figures from his party were suspected of transferring money from Qatar for election bribery. According to Behadrei Haredim, the suspicions concern raising voter turnout in the Arab community. Abbas attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and accused him of running an incitement campaign against the Arab public.