Netanyahu's office denies connection to election day arrests: 'False report'
The Prime Minister’s Office rejected allegations in the Channel 12 report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's associates supplied information that led to the arrest of Ra’am activists, calling it a “false report" intended, it claimed, to suppress the election interference affair. “Another false report packaged with dramatic music, as part of the serious attempts to silence the election interference affair. As for the facts: Information concerning criminal activity reached chief of staff Ido Norden. He fulfilled his duty, as expected of any law-abiding citizen, and put the individual in contact with the police. Any additional involvement by the chief of staff alleged in the report is false and constitutes grounds for a defamation lawsuit. He never spoke with police intelligence officials or other officials involved in the investigation. As Israeli citizens and the chief of staff learned through the media on election morning, a person was indeed caught with tens of thousands of shekels in cash and Ra’am ballot slips," Netanyahu’s office stated.