Axios reports:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party rejected on Thursday the comparisons being made in the U.S. between his efforts to block a transition of power and those of former President Trump after the November 2020 presidential election.
On the verge of being replaced after 12 years in power, Netanyahu has been working to delegitimize the incoming government and accusing its leaders of perpetrating “the fraud of the century.” But Likud tweeted on Thursday that Netanyahu wasn’t challenging the vote count and was committed to a peaceful transition.
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When PM Netanyahu speaks about “election fraud” he isn’t referring to the vote counting process in Israel in which he has complete confidence. There is also no question about the peaceful transition of power.
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021
There always has been a peaceful transfer of power in Israel and there always will be.
Contrary to the manner in which his statements have been distorted, PM Netanyahu is denouncing the fraudulent promises to voters made by Naftali Bennett, who is key to forming this government
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021
Throughout the election, Bennett promised not to form a government with Yair Lapid and the left and not to create a coalition with the Raam party that represents Muslim Brotherhood ideology.
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021
He formed a coalition with the left backed by the Raam party and signed a rotation deal that will make Lapid the prime minister in two years. In doing so, Bennett hijacked votes from the right and shifted them to the left in direct contradiction to his pledges.
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021
The hodge-podge coalition that is emerging in Israel doesn’t reflect the will of the voters.
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021
All polls, including one released last night, consistently show most Israelis prefer Netanyahu as prime minister to any other candidate and most Israelis also prefer a right-of-center government.
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021
If this isn’t fraud we don’t know what is.
Bennett’s actions are akin to U.S. Electors unilaterally switching the voters’ choice for president against the will of the electorate.
— הליכוד (@Likud_Party) June 10, 2021