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EC rejects Ben Gvir party bans
The Central Electoral Committee of Israel rejected today, Thursday, the requests to disqualify the "Otzma Yehudit" party led by Itamar Ben-Gvir and to prevent it from participating in the 26th Knesset elections, despite troubling evidence and its proximity to the threshold for inciting racial hatred. Nineteen members voted against disqualification, ten supported it, and one member abstained. The decision will now be referred to the Supreme Court for review. The legal advisor confirmed that the evidence approaches the threshold that would justify preventing the party from running in the elections, pointing to concerning actions by Ben-Gvir during his tenure as Minister of National Security. However, there is not enough evidence to disqualify the entire list or other party candidates, as the party is considered a continuation of the banned terrorist movement Kach, which was previously prohibited due to its racist ideology. These deliberations follow an earlier vote to disqualify Arab lists and come amid efforts to bar nationalist and religious parties, sparking debate over how compatible such measures are with democratic values.
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