Israeli election officials dismissed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the election was stolen and said the investigation opened into suspected foreign interference does not change the final result, according to The Times of Israel, in a report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA).

Acting Central Elections Committee Director-General Dean Livne recorded a statement on Friday saying it “does not affect the final results that will be submitted to the President, nor does it concern any particular sector of the population.” On Thursday, he had said that “the elections to the Knesset were conducted lawfully” and that “to the best of our knowledge there is no basis for claims of systematic harm to the integrity of the elections.”