Israeli elections committee bars Arab party from running in upcoming elections
STORY: Israeli elections committee bars Arab party from running in upcoming elections
DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:55
LOCATION: Jerusalem
CATEGORY: POLITICS
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1. various of Jerusalem street views
2. various of last elections
STORYLINE:
An Israeli-Arab party was disqualified from running in the country's November elections over allegations of promoting an anti-Israel agenda.
With nine members voting in favor and five against, Israel's Central Elections Committee said in a statement that it accepted the request to disqualify Balad on the basis that the party allegedly supports the cancellation of Israel as "a Jewish and democratic state."
Balad, acronyms in Hebrew for "National Democratic Alliance," announced in a separate statement that it will appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision.
Sami Abu Shehadeh, the party leader, denounced the decision as "an attempt by (Defense Minister Benny) Gantz and (caretaker Prime Minister Yair) Lapid to engineer an Arab leadership according to t
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