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Arab-Israeli party leader drops election bid
Arab Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh has withdrawn his candidacy for the upcoming Israeli elections after the Supreme Court advised him to drop out.
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Court → drop → him
The leader of the left-wing Palestinian Balad party announced on Friday he was dropping his bid for election to the Knesset on October 27.
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he → announce → October
His withdrawal, which came after the court threatened to disqualify him, comes amid increased efforts by Israeli authorities to block Arab Israeli parties from taking part.
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court → come → part
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Netanyahu → criticise → list
3What’s driving Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank?
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3What → drive → Bank
Political analysts view Arab Israeli parties as potential kingmakers in the election, with polls showing neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition nor the main opposition bloc on course for an outright majority.
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coalition → view → majority
The withdrawal came after the Supreme Court indicated that a majority of its judges agreed with a September 23 decision from Israel’s Central Elections Committee to oust him from the race after nationalist political rivals accused him of supporting Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023.
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rivals → come → October
Adalah, a rights organisation representing Abu Shehadeh, condemned the court, saying the evidence it presented had no legal basis.
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it → represent → basis
“The court has effectively decided to remove a Palestinian leader, a citizen of Israel, from the Knesset,” Adalah said in a statement.
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Adalah → decide → statement
“The court’s clear intention to disqualify him,” it added, was “a direction that would have set a dangerous legal precedent with devastating consequences.”
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that → disqualify → consequences
Abu Shehadeh served in the Knesset from 2019 to 2022.
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Shehadeh → serve → 2022
Balad confirmed he was withdrawing his candidacy but stressed that the decision did not mark the end of his political struggle and that he would remain party leader.
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he → confirm → struggle
The elections committee voted to disqualify him at the request of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who accused him of supporting the Hamas attack due to an article issued the following day in which Abu Shehadeh called it an “important historical event”.
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Shehadeh → vote → it
Speaking to the Supreme Court on Thursday, Abu Shehadeh said he did not support “armed struggle” but acknowledged that a paragraph in the article had been incorrectly worded.
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paragraph → speak → article
He said his intention was to call for moving the conflict towards a political process.
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intention → say → process
Adalah labelled his withdrawal from the election “a severe blow to the right of Palestinian citizens to be represented and to stand for election”.
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Adalah → label → election
The elections committee has also barred two Arab electoral lists: the United Arab List and the Joint List, a three-party alliance that includes Abu Shehadeh’s party Balad.
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that → bar → party
The Supreme Court is due to continue hearing appeals from the parties on Friday.
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Court → continue → Friday
Adalah has questioned why the Palestinian candidates are being disqualified but far-right Israeli candidates were “cleared to run” despite openly calling for violence against Palestinians and making statements “amounting to incitement to genocide”.
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candidates → question → genocide