Baruch Kra is an Israeli journalist and legal affairs commentator for Channel 13 News. He also writes opinion columns for Walla.
Case
Officials sought to bar the Balad leader over his October 2023 writing. His lawyers disputed the armed-struggle threshold, and Balad announced withdrawal after a Supreme Court warning.
Role at the time: Legal affairs commentator writing in Walla
Statement summary
Baruch Kra argued that the attorney general should have recommended disqualification and supported Noam Sohlberg's vote to bar Abu Shehadeh. English translation: The attorney general certainly provided a reasoned moral basis for disqualifying Abu Shehadeh.
“היועמ"שית בהחלט סיפקה בסיס ערכי מנומק לפסילת אבו שחאדה”
Relative to excluding Abu Shehadeh from the election, Kra supports the ban on moral grounds. His acknowledgment of a legal obstacle does not make his conclusion conditional.
Statement dates: September 24, 2026
Statement dates: September 24, 2026
