Supreme Court Urges Arab Party Leader to Withdraw to Avoid Disqualification
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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- Supreme Court suggests Balad chairman withdraw to avoid disqualification.
- Majority of judges reportedly favor disqualifying the Arab party leader.
- Balad chairman must respond by Friday morning.
- Supreme Court to rule on disqualification by Sunday.
- Court questioned Likud's bid to disqualify all Arab parties.
The Supreme Court on Thursday suggested to Sami Abu Shehadeh, chairman of the Balad party, that he withdraw his candidacy for the Knesset to avoid a ruling on his disqualification. Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit stated that a majority of the judges favor disqualifying Abu Shehadeh, and therefore recommended he step down from the race. Abu Shehadeh must submit his response by 8 a.m. Friday, and the Supreme Court is expected to issue its final decision by Sunday.
The court also noted the problematic nature of the Likud party's request to disqualify all Arab parties from competing in the elections.
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