Balad Chairman Quits Knesset Race After High Court Suggests Disqualification
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
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- Balad Chairman Sami Abu Shahadeh withdrew from the Knesset election.
- The Supreme Court suggested his disqualification.
- The Attorney General supported his disqualification.
- The Joint List condemned the move as political persecution.
- The court also heard cases on other party disqualifications.
Sami Abu Shahadeh, chairman of the Balad party, has withdrawn his candidacy for the 26th Knesset elections following recommendations from Supreme Court justices to remove him from the race. The decision came during a hearing on petitions challenging the Central Elections Committee's decision to disqualify him. Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit indicated that a majority of the court appeared poised to disqualify Abu Shahadeh and suggested he withdraw. The Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, and State Attorney Amit Issman also supported his disqualification, citing his alleged support for armed struggle against Israel.
The Supreme Court hearing, with an expanded panel of nine justices, also addressed the disqualification of the Joint List, Ra'am, and MK Ofer Cassif from the elections. The Joint List criticized the recommendation for Abu Shahadeh's withdrawal, calling it a disqualification of their leader and an attempt to prevent an Arab political leader from running. They asserted there was no legal justification for the disqualification, which they claimed provided "judicial cover for political exclusion." The Joint List urged the Arab public to vote in large numbers.
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