Likud Seeks to Disqualify Arab Party and Leader Mansour Abbas from Elections
The Likud party has submitted a formal request to the Central Elections Committee seeking to disqualify the United Arab List and its head, MK Dr. Mansour Abbas, from participating in the upcoming elections. The ruling party's request cites "support for the armed struggle of a terrorist organization against the State of Israel, alongside the denial and negation of the existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state" as grounds for disqualification.
This political move comes at a sensitive time, just before the election campaign heats up. The request is expected to ignite a storm of political and legal debate within the Elections Committee and the Supreme Court in the coming days.
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