Orna Yashar is an Israeli writer and interviewer. She hosts the political interview program Zavit Yeshara for Mida and has presented interviews for TOV.
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: Mida writer and political interviewer
Statement summary
Orna Yashar endorsed the committee's decision to disqualify Abu Shehadeh and rejected his explanation that he had not understood the scale of the October 7 killings. English translation: The justified disqualification of Sami Abu Shehadeh.
“הפסילה המוצדקת של סמי אבו שחאדה”
Relative to excluding Abu Shehadeh from the election, Yashar calls the disqualification justified in her signed article and endorses the committee's decision.
Statement dates: September 30, 2026
Statement dates: September 30, 2026
