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Democrats Party Faces Turmoil as Avi Dabush Also Disqualified from Meretz Reserved Slot
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First reported by Now 14 · 3 hours ago
What happened
Avi Dabush, a left-wing activist from the Democrats party in Israel, was disqualified from the Meretz-reserved slot on the unified Knesset list, following former MK Mossi Raz. Dabush condemned the decision as politically motivated and vowed to challenge it while continuing his political activism representing the periphery and left-wing values.
- 01Avi Dabush was disqualified from the Meretz-reserved Knesset slot by the Democrats party election committee.
- 02Former MK Mossi Raz was also disqualified from the same reserved position earlier.
- 03Dabush criticized the decision as a politically motivated misuse of technical grounds.
- 04He plans to demand a review and possibly appeal the committee's ruling legally.
- 05Dabush remains committed to representing Gaza border residents and the social left in the Knesset.
- 06He emphasized that grassroots support cannot be dismissed by internal party committees.
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