Ben-Gvir to Petition Against Election Results and Demand Re-Election

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Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir announced that he will file a petition against the election results and demand a repeat election. He claims that interference by foreign states and foreign funding skewed the results. Ben-Gvir said that the fraud, corruption and voter inducement that he says occurred in the elections must be addressed.

Ben-Gvir called not to swear in a government backed by the Arab parties. "One must not lend a hand to a government that relies on votes from supporters of terrorism," he said. At the same time, he announced that his party will open the 26th Knesset with a bill seeking to make the right to vote conditional on a declaration of loyalty to the State as a Jewish and democratic state.