'He sent them to the polls': Likud activists blame Ben-Gvir for galvanizing Arab voters
Local activists from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said Ben-Gvir’s aggressive rhetoric and combative statements had failed to deliver electoral gains in southern Israel
Assessment
Likud activists in southern Israel are pointing at Ben-Gvir's aggressive rhetoric as the reason Arab voters turned out, and they say it produced no gains for their party. That is an internal blame argument, not a verified causal finding, so treat it as a claim from within Netanyahu's own camp. Watch whether this criticism hardens into a public fight over who owns the result.