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Shin Bet said to warn Palestinian Authority to stay out of Israel’s elections
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The Shin Bet has issued “a severe warning” to the Palestinian Authority not to intervene in Israel’s upcoming elections, Channel 12 news reports.
The warning came after the PA’s General Intelligence chief Majed Faraj met with leaders of the majority-Arab Joint List party, the network says, in an effort to convince them to rejoin forces with the Islamist Ra’am party.
Channel 12 says PA officials have stressed to Israeli counterparts that they do not intend to intervene in the November election and that any meetings with Arab MKs are not for that purpose.
The network previously reported that Faraj expressed to Joint List MKs the PA’s concern over the possibility of lower Arab Israeli turnout in the upcoming November election, which could lead to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu returning to power with a hardline, right-wing government.
The Times of Israel Community.