Yousef Jabareen on Abu Shehadeh's proposed election exclusion
Yousef JabareenHadash politician and former Knesset member
Jabareen criticized those seeking the disqualifications as racist and defended the democratic legitimacy of the Arab political representatives.
“Those seeking the disqualification are a gang of racists, Kahanists and admirers of the murderer Baruch Goldstein. (Translated from Hebrew. Original: מי שמבקש את הפסילה זו חבורה של גזענים, כהניסטים ומעריצי הרוצח ברוך גולדשטיין.)”
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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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Jabareen spoke outside the court before its hearing on the proposed disqualifications, including Abu Shehadeh's. He defended the democratic legitimacy of Arab political representatives and criticized those seeking their exclusion.
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Jabareen spoke outside the court before its hearing on the proposed disqualifications, including Abu Shehadeh's.
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He defended the democratic legitimacy of Arab political representatives and criticized those seeking their exclusion.
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Yousef Jabareen criticizes Efforts to exclude Sami Abu Shehadeh from the 2026 Knesset election.
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