A group of right-wing parties, including Netanyahu’s Likud, had attempted to block the Arab parties from the race.
By Ruth Eglash Ruth Eglash Reporter covering Israel and the Palestinian territories Email Bio Follow March 17 at 5:03 PM JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday disqualified a far-right candidate from the April 9 national election and overturned a decision by the Central Election Committee to block a joint Arab slate and a candidate from a leftist alliance from the race.
“There is a legal junta here who wants to take over our lives,” Ben Ari said in a statement. “This is not democracy.” Parties and individuals can be disqualified from running for office for three reasons — rejecting Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, inciting racism, or expressing support for an enemy state or for terrorist organizations.
Israeli commentators and U.S. Jewish groups condemned the move, viewing Jewish Power as an offshoot of Kach, a group once led by an extremist rabbi, Meir Kahane. Israel outlawed Kach several decades ago, and the United States considers it a terrorist organization. The U.S.-born Kahane was assassinated in New York in 1990.A coalition of right-wing parties, including Netanyahu’s Likud faction, had pushed to ban the joint Balad-United Arab List slate, as well as the leftist candidate Ofer Cassif.
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