Yisrael Beiteinu supports excluding Abu Shehadeh
Yisrael BeiteinuPolitical party announcing its voting position
Yisrael Beiteinu announces that it will vote to disqualify Abu Shehadeh alongside Ofer Cassif and two Arab lists. The party argues that opposition to eliminating Hamas is incompatible with Knesset membership. English translation: Therefore we will vote to disqualify the Joint List, Ra'am, Ofer Cassif and Sami Abu Shehadeh.
“לכן נצביע בעד פסילת הרשימה המשותפת, רע״מ, עופר כסיף וסמי אבו שחאדה”
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Where this statement fits
The effort to disqualify Sami Abu Shehadeh from Israel's 2026 election
Israel's Central Elections Committee voted on September 23, 2026 to disqualify Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh from the October 27 Knesset election. The dispute centers on whether his writing about the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack meets the legal threshold for supporting armed struggle against Israel. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara supported disqualification. Abu Shehadeh and his lawyers at Adalah challenged the evidence and described the effort as an attack on Arab political representation. At an October 1 hearing, the Supreme Court indicated that a majority favored disqualification and recommended withdrawal, according to court reporting. Balad subsequently announced that its leadership had agreed to withdraw his candidacy while retaining him as party leader. We have not located a final judgment approving the disqualification or an order accepting a formal withdrawal.
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N12 quotes the party announcement that its representatives will support disqualification.
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Walla independently reports the party announcement at 07:32 on September 23.
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The party says eliminating Hamas should be a central security aim of the next government.
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Its announcement separately names Abu Shehadeh among the candidates and lists it will vote to exclude.
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The party explicitly commits to supporting disqualification.
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“استخدام الشطب أداةً لتضييق مساحة العمل السياسي العربي وملاحقة المواقف الوطنية الخارجة عن الإجماع الإسرائيلي.”Read statement
Odeh condemns pressure on Abu Shehadeh to withdraw
“פסילתו של חברי סמי אבו שחאדה היא הצעד הסופי בהפיכה המשטרית”Read statement
Cassif condemns the move to exclude Abu Shehadeh
“אני מאוד מאוכזב, וכעוס על ההחלטה לגבי חברי סאמי אבו שחאדה.”Read statement
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