Abu Shehadeh withdraws after Supreme Court signals disqualification
Otzma Yehudit and its chairman, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, brought the application against Abu Shehadeh, and all nine Supreme Court justices recommended that the candidate withdraw.
On Friday, Sami Abu Shehadeh, chairman of the Balad party and the third-ranked candidate on the Joint List, announced his withdrawal from the October 27 election. This decision came after a majority of the Supreme Court's nine-justice panel seemed poised to approve his disqualification. The court, however, permitted the Joint List and the Raam party to run, overturning disqualification decisions made by the Central Elections Committee on the other three candidates. Abu Shehadeh became the sole candidate removed from the ballot due to the four proceedings.
The four cases were brought to the court following the elections committee's vote last week to bar Abu Shehadeh, Cassif, and Raam, as well as exclude the Joint List, an alliance of Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad.
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