Joint List Chairman Defends Funding to Boost Arab Voter Turnout
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Joint List Chairman Yosef Jabareen defended the use of funds, potentially from Qatar, to boost Arab voter turnout, calling it legal and beneficial. He accused right-wing parties of incitement. Meanwhile, Balad Chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh criticized the Likud party for allegedly fabricating claims to overturn election results.
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- Joint List Chairman Yosef Jabareen stated that encouraging Arab voter turnout with funds is legal and blessed.
- Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg ordered a Shin Bet probe into alleged Qatari funding for Arab voter turnout.
- Jabareen accused right-wing political forces of incitement and persecution.
- Balad Chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh criticized the Likud party's response to election losses.
- Abu Shehadeh was disqualified from running for praising the October 7th attack.
Yosef Jabareen, Chairman of the Joint List, stated on Thursday that he sees no issue with using funds to encourage voting in the Arab sector, even if the source is Qatar. He was responding to an instruction from Elections Committee Chairman, Judge Noam Sohlberg, to open a Shin Bet investigation into alleged Qatari funding aimed at increasing Arab voter turnout. Jabareen told Kan Bet radio that encouraging participation is "legal and blessed," asserting that "there is no problem" with budgets transferred to raise voting rates and political engagement in Arab society.
Jabareen also accused right-wing political forces of orchestrating another campaign of persecution and incitement against the Arab community. Sami Abu Shehadeh, Chairman of Balad, who was disqualified from running in the elections for praising the October 7th attack, also commented on the suspicions and accusations leveled by the Likud party. He claimed that in any proper system, losers accept responsibility and leave, but in Israel, the losing side fabricates a racist blood libel and calls on security agencies to forcibly overturn election results.
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