Israel's Supreme Court Reinstates Arab List and MK Cassif for Knesset Elections
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
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- Supreme Court reinstated the United Arab List and Ra'am party for elections.
- Court also allowed MK Ofer Cassif to run, overturning his disqualification.
- The Central Elections Committee's decisions were deemed insufficient.
- Balad party chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy.
- Abu Shehadeh cited a likely disqualification majority as his reason.
Israel's Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the Central Elections Committee's decision to disqualify the United Arab List and the Ra'am party from the upcoming 26th Knesset elections. The court ruled that the evidence presented by the committee did not meet the legal threshold for disqualifying a candidate list.
In a separate, majority decision, the Supreme Court also annulled the committee's disqualification of Knesset Member Ofer Cassif. Seven judges supported Cassif's participation, while two dissented. The majority concluded that while they disapproved of Cassif's statements and actions, there was insufficient evidence to warrant his disqualification.
Earlier on Friday, Sami Abu Shehadeh, chairman of the Balad party, withdrew his candidacy for the 26th Knesset elections. This followed a report from Judge Yitzhak Amit that a majority of the nine judges favored upholding his disqualification. Abu Shehadeh formally submitted his withdrawal to the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, stating his decision was voluntary and irreversible.
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