{
  "id": 11278546,
  "title": "Senior Balad official to Haaretz: Disqualified party leader to drop Knesset candidacy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/senior-balad-official-to-haaretz-disqualified-party-leader-to-drop",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T20:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-10-01/ty-article/.premium/balad-official-to-haaretz-disqualified-party-leader-to-drop-knesset-candidacy/000001a0-f930-de31-a7f0-f9bfdc9b0000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sami Abu Shehadeh's decision comes after Supreme Court President Isaac Amit suggested that justices are inclined to uphold his disqualification last month by the Central Elections Committee",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Balad decides: Sami Abu Shehadeh to withdraw from Knesset race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/balad-decides-sami-abu-shehadeh-to-withdraw-from-knesset-race",
        "published": "2026-10-01T20:28:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}