Far-Right Leader Seeks to Ban Arab Party from Elections
The far-right Otzma Yehudit party has submitted a formal request to the Central Elections Committee seeking to disqualify the United Arab List and its leader, Mansour Abbas, from participating in upcoming elections. Party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir accused Abbas and his associates of being "terrorists who support Hamas" and called for their removal from the Knesset.
The 39-page petition alleges that the United Arab List denies Israel's existence as a Jewish state and supports entities hostile to Israel. Ben-Gvir's move escalates political tensions surrounding Arab political representation in Israel's parliament.
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