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Balad Party Believes High Court Will Overturn Candidate Disqualification
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By דלית הלוי
First reported by Ynetnews · 6 hours ago
What happened
The Balad party is preparing to challenge the disqualification of its chairman, Sami Abu Shehadeh, in the High Court of Justice. The party argues that an article he wrote, interpreted as support for the October 7th attack, was analytical and not a personal opinion.
- 01Balad party will appeal disqualification of chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh.
- 02Party claims Abu Shehadeh's controversial article was analytical.
- 03The article was published the day after the October 7th Hamas attack.
- 04Balad cites previous High Court rulings favoring election participation.
- 05Abu Shehadeh suggested involving PLO and Arab states in political process.
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