# Netanyahu alleges fraud as Arab parties make record gains and emerge as potential kingmakers

https://mins.news/en/item/120511

- Fox News, 2026-10-29 10:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-alleges-fraud-arab-parties-score-record-gains-emerge-potential-kingmakers

> Preliminary results projected Israel’s two Arab parties to win 19 Knesset seats combined, while neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc reached the 61 needed for a majority. Netanyahu alleged serious crimes in Arab-area voting, including bribery, threats, violence and forgery, and called for an investigation.

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