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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 72 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly warned on Tuesday of what he claimed was unusually high voter turnout in Arab communities, accusing Arab voters and left-wing parties of trying to "steal the election."

In a series of social media posts, Netanyahu shared photos of Arab citizens casting their ballots alongside images of supposedly empty polling stations in cities considered Likud strongholds.

"Steal" the election by going out to vote while your voters stay home. He explained in text with supporting imagery how this wasn't fake votes for his opponents or discarded votes from his supporters, but calls it stealing nevertheless.

Also, I don't know what Israel's voting situation is like, but crowded polling places in minority areas and empty (i.e., fast and convenient) polling places in majority areas sounds like the intended results of voter suppression efforts.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 20 hours ago

pretty much how places like texas and florida does it with the voter suppression.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The right has become way too comfortable with the idea that they're the only legitimate side to govern any country. It's "stealing" because it's "rightfully theirs", and any attempt to take that power, however legitimate, is an affront, an offence.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago

It's the same horseshit that comes out of Trump's blubbery mouth.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 20 hours ago

conservatives do not respond well to change thats why, they can only survive in stable enviroment.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It isn't about right vs left in Israel. This is about apartheid and racism because those "pesky Arabs" shouldn't even be allowed to vote. They even tried to make Arab/Palestinian parties illegal and ineligible to run for elections. That's a good chunk of the rhetoric in israel.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There have been countless reports of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship being asked arbitrary questions, being held up for hours from voting, or the voting locations randomly shutting down for no reason.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

And yet they increased their parties' number of Knesset seats significantly.