Israel's Central Elections Committee Hears Petitions to Disqualify Arab Parties & Communist Candidates
The committee also disqualified Ofer Cassif and Sami Abu Shehadeh, while Israel’s Supreme Court is set to review the rulings next week.
- On Wednesday, the Central Elections Committee voted to bar the Raam party and the Joint List from the upcoming election, also disqualifying candidates Ofer Cassif and Sami Abu Shehadeh.
- Petitions submitted by Likud, Jewish Power, and the Choose Life Forum prompted the hearings, alleging the candidates support armed struggle and reject Israel's status as a Jewish and democratic state.
- The Yisrael Beiteinu party supported the disqualifications, stating, "Any Zionist government formed after the elections must define the elimination of Hamas as a central objective."
- Israel's Supreme Court will consider the disqualification decisions next week, following two days of hearings chaired by Judge Noam Sohlberg.
- Comprised of Hadash, Taal, and Balad, the Joint List faces potential exclusion from the ballot, marking a major development for these allied parties.
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In about a month's time, the citizens of Israel will come to the ballot box. Now, the Supreme Court will probably have to decide whether the largest parties of the Arab minority will stand for election.
The Central Electoral Commission disqualified, on Wednesday, the two lists formed by the Arab parties. Led by the majority of Benyamin Netanyahu, this offensive aims to demobilize its opponents, while the opposition may need the votes of the Arab parties to form a coalition.
The decision would still have to be confirmed by the Supreme Court. The government coalition under Netanyahu had submitted a corresponding request
In announcing on Wednesday its willingness to disqualify the political forces close to the Palestinians of Israel, the Israeli Electoral Commission is giving a major and unprecedented blow to the representation of minorities Ask the Israelis if their state is democratic, most of them will answer by referring to the rights granted to a large minority: the Arabs of Israel. These descendants of the 250,000 Palestinians who remained in the territory…
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