Mansour Abbas
Role at the time: Leader of the United Arab List (Ra'am), in a statement
Denied
Statement summary
In a statement reported by RTÉ News, Abbas says Ra'am was not involved in the reported conduct, urges a full investigation and says nothing will come of Netanyahu's campaign against Arab citizens because there is nothing there.
“We have one message in response to the campaign of incitement and delegitimisation he is waging against Arab citizens: Nothing will come of it because there is nothing there”
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Why we used this label
The case concerns the allegation, raised by members of Netanyahu's bloc and referred to the Shin Bet, that Arab parties were involved in Qatari or other foreign funding meant to influence the October 27 election. Abbas says his party was not involved and that there is nothing behind the accusations, which denies the alleged conduct.