❗️Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh condemns Likud's foreign interference allegations as ‘racist blood libel’ Sami Abu Shehadeh, leader of the Balad Party, condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party for attempting to attribute the unprecedented electoral gains of Palestinian parties in the Knesset to alleged foreign interference. “In a normal country, the losing side takes responsibility and goes home,” Abu Shehadeh said. “In Israel, however, the losing side fabricates a racist ‘blood libel’ and calls on the security services to use force to overturn the election results.” “A man accused of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust does not hesitate to incite against 20% of the country's citizens,” he added, referring to Netanyahu.