Abu Shhada Withdraws Amid Ben Gvir Pressure
Reports indicated that the Israeli Supreme Court pressured Sami Abu Shhadah, leader of the Democratic National Assembly Party, to withdraw his candidacy in the October 27 elections, after he was targeted at the request of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir due to his comments about the October 7 attacks on Israel. The court granted him until the following morning to voluntarily withdraw in order to prevent his official disqualification, a rare procedure in Israel that reflects controversial legal interventions. Human rights activists considered this a violation of the Palestinian right to representation.
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