Israeli Committee Bars Arab Parties From Election
- On Wednesday, the Central Elections Committee voted 19-5 to disqualify Knesset Member Ofer Cassif of the Hadash party from the 26th Knesset, citing alleged "support for an armed struggle against Israel."
- The Likud party initiated the petition under Section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset, which permits banning candidates who deny Israel's existence or support armed struggle against the state.
- Committee chairman Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg cautioned members to exercise extreme care, noting that disqualification prevents a segment of the public from voting. "Here, each and every one of you is, in a sense, a judge," Sohlberg said.
- Cassif denounced the decision as "a gross distortion of reality and a complete perversion of the democratic spirit," arguing that opposing government policy does not constitute harm to the state.
- The decision now moves to the High Court of Justice, which has historically overturned such disqualifications citing a lack of "critical mass" regarding evidence, while other requests to bar Arab and communist candidates remain pending.
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The Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; the Jewish Power party, by ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben Gvir, and another extreme right-wing formation have promoted the disqualification of Arab lists and candidates from the general elections of 27 October in Israel Netanyahu's concessions to ultra-Orthodox Jews underpin their privileges with elections on the horizon Israel's Central Election Committee has voted to exclude from the ele…
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De MorgenThe Israeli election committee blocked the participation of Arab parties in next month's parliamentary elections on Wednesday....
Israel's central election committee voted to prevent the participation of one of the main Arab parties in next month's parliamentary elections, following petitions from groups of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition, reports the Financial Times.
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by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday to bar the United Arab List, commonly known as Ra’am, from competing in the country’s October 27 parliamentary election, accepting petitions that accused the party of supporting armed struggle against the State of Israel. The committee approved the disqualification by a vote of 18-5. The petitions were submitted by Prime…
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