Israel's Supreme Court to Rule on Disqualification of Arab Parties, Lawmakers
Translated & summarized from 0404 by baba
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- Supreme Court hears appeals on disqualifying Arab parties and lawmakers.
- Ra'am, Joint List, Cassif, and Abu Shehadeh face election ban.
- Central Elections Committee cited support for armed struggle.
- Court panel of nine judges will issue a decision by Sunday.
Israel's Supreme Court will convene on Thursday to hear appeals against the Central Elections Committee's decision to disqualify the Ra'am and Joint List parties, as well as the candidacies of MK Ofer Cassif and Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh, from running in the upcoming 26th Knesset elections. The committee had made these four disqualification decisions the previous week.
Abu Shehadeh was disqualified by a vote of 31 in favor to 4 against, citing support for armed struggle. Notably, the committee's chairman, Judge Noam Sohlberg, participated in this vote and supported the disqualification. MK Ofer Cassif was disqualified with 19 votes in favor, 5 against, and 2 abstentions.
Ra'am was disqualified by a majority of 18 votes to 5, with one abstention. The disqualification of the Joint List was approved by a vote of 18 to 5.
The nine-judge panel will hold hearings throughout the day and is expected to deliver its ruling by Sunday.
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