The Israeli Supreme Court held a hearing after an appeal by Arab parties and candidates barred from running in this month's general election. Sami Abu Shehadeh and Ofer Cassif were disqualified by the Israeli Election Commission, which also...

With a little more than three weeks before the Israeli elections, an opinion poll suggests no party has enough support to form a majority government. Parties need at least 61 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, meaning...

Palestinian-Israeli politician and leader of the Balad Party, Sami Abu Shehadeh, has decided to withdraw his candidacy for the Israeli Knesset. Israel’s central elections committee had disqualified him from running. Ziad Abu Rish is an associate professor of Human...

#Israel #Netanyahu #IsraeliElection Israel’s Central Elections Committee, in a dazzling display of democratic innovation, has decided to boot Ra’am, the Joint List, Ofer Cassif, and Sami Abu Shehadeh out of October’s Knesset election. That’s the main Arab lists and...

Palestinian Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh has decided to withdraw his candidacy for the Israeli Knesset. This follows a decision by Israel’s central elections committee to disqualify him. Abu Shehadeh will submit his decision to the Israeli Supreme Court...