Israel's election commission says no fraud found in last week's vote

Israel’s election commission said on Wednesday it had found no fraud in last week’s vote, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to discredit the results. Netanyahu and his supporters have repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims that Arab-led parties had “stolen” the election, possibly with foreign assistance. The results showed Netanyahu's religious-nationalist bloc losing its parliamentary majority, while Arab-led parties made substantial gains. “The review found no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or affected its results,” the committee said in a statement.