Attorney General bars Arab Israeli party leader from Knesset
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What happened
- Israel's attorney general and state prosecutor told the Supreme Court they support barring Balad party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh from running in the Knesset election.
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- The Central Elections Committee had voted in September to disqualify Abu Shehadeh, citing an October 2023 article where he called the Hamas attack 'an important historic event militarily, politically and strategically.'
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- Abu Shehadeh denies supporting violence or the October 7 massacre, calling the ban an attempt to silence Arab political representation.
- The Supreme Court must make the final decision; historically, it has overturned most such disqualification bans.
Why it matters
If upheld, the bans would exclude all major Arab-led parties from the Knesset for the first time, affecting over a million Arab Israeli citizens' representation in parliament.DW.com
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