Shas party accuses left-wing bloc of vote-buying with foreign funds

Shas issued a statement accusing the left-wing and Arab bloc of hypocrisy, claiming they are "mired in serious suspicions of vote-buying using funds from enemy states that support Hamas." The statement referenced an election campaign in which Shas and the right-wing bloc were labeled the "Alliance of Draft Dodgers," while their opponents called themselves the "Bloc of Those Who Serve." Shas called the allegations "a disgrace and a shame."