{
  "id": 11484164,
  "title": "Abu Shehadeh withdraws after Supreme Court signals disqualification",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/abu-shehadeh-withdraws-after-supreme-court-signals-disqualification",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T17:08:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-910422"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Sami Abu Shehadeh withdraws from October 27 election",
    "Supreme Court signals his disqualification",
    "Joint List and Raam party allowed to run"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/11484164.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
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        "published": "2026-10-02T13:38:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israeli court pressure pushes Israeli Arab leader to quit election race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/israeli-court-pressure-pushes-israeli-arab-leader-to-quit-election",
        "published": "2026-10-02T13:46:34.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/israels-supreme-court-overturns-election-panel-ban-on-arab-parties",
        "published": "2026-10-02T18:11:37.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/alito-says-criticism-of-supreme-court-from-political-leaders-can-be",
        "published": "2026-10-02T19:01:05.000Z"
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    ]
  },
  "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."
}