Israel's election commission finds no fraud in vote, undermining Netanyahu's claims

Israel's election commission said Wednesday it found no fraud in last week's vote, undermining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unsubstantiated claims that Arab-led parties had "stolen" the election. The committee's review examined every complaint individually and found no evidence that irregularities compromised the election's integrity or results, which showed Netanyahu's religious-nationalist bloc losing its parliamentary majority while Arab-led parties gained seats. Results are set to be formally certified Wednesday, after which President Isaac Herzog will consult parties and select a candidate to form a coalition government, with neither Netanyahu's nor rival Gadi Eisenkot's bloc securing a majority.