Election Committee Rejects Bid to Disqualify Democrats Party

By Amir Etinger

First reported by Now 14 · 1 hour ago

What happened

Israel's Central Election Committee rejected a request to disqualify the Democrats party from the 26th Knesset elections. The vote was 14-2 against disqualification, allowing the party to proceed.

• 01Central Election Committee rejected disqualification request for Democrats party.
• 0214 committee members voted against disqualifying the party.
• 03Two members voted in favor of disqualification.
• 04The Democrats party will be allowed to run in the 26th Knesset elections.

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