Democrats Seek to Bar Far-Right Party Otzma Yehudit From Elections

By Hezki Baruch

First reported by Mignews · 21 hours ago

What happened

Yair Golan's Democrats Party has asked Israel's Central Elections Committee to disqualify Otzma Yehudit from the upcoming elections, citing racism and undermining democracy. Otzma Yehudit responded by calling the Democrats antisemitic and anti-Israel.

• 01Democrats asked the Elections Committee to disqualify Otzma Yehudit.
• 02The disqualification request cites racism and undermining democracy.
• 03Otzma Yehudit called the Democrats antisemitic and anti-Israel.
• 04Itamar Ben-Gvir and Tally Gotliv were specifically named in the request.

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