Netanyahu's office linked to Ra'am arrests on Election Day amid election scandal - report

People close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are suspected of involvement in the arrest of three activists from the Ra'am on Election Day, according to an investigative report broadcast by N12 on Sunday evening.The report sheds new light on the events that led to the arrests in southern Israel and on the role of officials in the Prime Minister's Office in passing information to police. It also revealed that Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Director David Zini asked on Election Day to wiretap five Arab MKs, as part of the agency's investigation into suspected foreign interference in the October 27 election.“These events taught me that there will be no more fair elections here,” a senior law enforcement official familiar with the case told N12. “Once the Shin Bet and the police act this way, whether knowingly or as tools, we will not be able to guarantee that the next election will be fair.”A call from Netanyahu's officeOn the Monday before the election, Netanyahu's chief of staff, Ido Norden, called the police commissioner's office with a complaint about Ra'am activists in southern Israel, according to the report. Norden referred officers to a purported intelligence source who, he said, had relevant information, and a police intelligence coordinator contacted the source that same evening.The source had until recently worked in the Prime Minister's…