The massacre of their Syrian brethren led to a more than 20 percent increase in voting. Despite expectations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would benefit politically from Israel's intervention in Syria, Avigdor Lieberman emerged victorious

Central Elections Committee Chairman instructed the Shin Bet to investigate "serious suspicions" of foreign election interference, while the committee's acting director general said he didn't know of any evidence that supported the claims

Yair Netanyahu claimed that Arab citizens pose a greater threat than Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, Turkey or rising antisemitism in the West, saying Israel cannot survive with 20 percent of its population identifying with its enemies