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Israel bans Arab parties from election
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I know you’re a big fan of everything Israel, but a bit of truth and objectivity would be nice.
Regarding the ban of the Arab parties, it’s not a final decision. It was made by the central elections committee which is a political body controlled by Netanyahu’s coalition. The decision is now headed to the Israeli Supreme Court which is very likely to overturn it.
Update. The Israeli Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the election committee’s decision to ban the Arab parties.
Sami Abu Shkhada, the head of Balad, decided to withdraw his candidacy. He had published an opinion piece on Oct. 8 2023 with quite an enthusiastic support of the motivation and goals of the Hamas attack the day before. It was clear that the court was going to disqualify him, so he chose to withdraw.
