Israel's president accepts certified election results, dealing blow to Netanyahu fraud claims

Israel's president accepts certified election results, dealing blow to Netanyahu fraud claims

Israel's president accepts certified election results, dealing blow to Netanyahu fraud claims

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week's parliamentary elections as legally binding and said he will begin consultations on forming a new government. The election commission said it found no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or affected its results, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unsubstantiated claims that Arab-led parties had stolen the vote. Neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the bloc of his chief rival, Gadi Eisenkot, won a parliamentary majority in the October 27 vote.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week's parliamentary elections as legally binding and said he will begin consultations on forming a new government. The election commission said it found no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or affected its results, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unsubstantiated claims that Arab-led parties had stolen the vote. Neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the bloc of his chief rival, Gadi Eisenkot, won a parliamentary majority in the October 27 vote.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week's parliamentary elections as legally binding and said he will begin consultations on forming a new government. The election commission said it found no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or affected its results, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unsubstantiated claims that Arab-led parties had stolen the vote. Neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the bloc of his chief rival, Gadi Eisenkot, won a parliamentary majority in the October 27 vote.