After his far-right coalition lost 11 seats in the election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to discredit the results by claiming there was mass voting fraud in Arab communities.

Why it matters: Netanyahu appears to be trying to spook the opposition bloc out of cooperating with Arab parties to form a new government.

But the opposition is concerned he has an even more ambitious goal: To prevent the results from being certified at all. That would block the swearing in of a new parliament, in which he would lose his majority.

Driving the news: Netanyahu and his Likud party started the campaign to delegitimize the Arab vote days before the elections.

Half of Netanyahu's social media posts on Election Day cast suspicion on the unprecedented turnout in Arab communities, an apparent attempt to drive his supporters to the polls.

Arab voters cast ballots in historic numbers, winning 19 seats between their two parties.

On Wednesday, Netanyahu's Likud party issued a statement claiming the…