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Israel's election committee barred Arab-party candidate Ofer Cassif from the election
Israel's Central Elections Committee rejected Ofer Cassif's participation in the October 27 elections. Cassif, a lawmaker from the Arab-Jewish communist Hadash party and a candidate for the United List, was barred by a vote of 19 to 5, with two abstentions; Israel's Supreme Court will issue the final ruling.
Israel's Central Elections Committee rejected the participation of Ofer Cassif, a candidate for the United List formed by the Arab parties Hadash, Ta'al and Balad, in the elections to be held on October 27. Cassif also serves as a lawmaker from the Arab-Jewish communist Hadash party.
The committee, chaired by Noam Solberg, met to review the candidate lists for the election and requests to bar certain candidates from participating.
Rejection approved by majority vote
In the committee vote, 19 members voted to reject Cassif's candidacy. Five members supported his participation in the election, while two abstained.
Israel's Supreme Court will make the final decision on whether Cassif can run in the election.
Cassif responds to the decision
Cassif said that portraying his objections to government policies and the actions of government members as “support for the enemy, disloyalty and harming the state” was a clear distortion of reality and a complete corruption of the spirit of democracy.
Cassif said that opposing crimes he believes were committed in the name of the state does not conflict with the state's interests and does not strengthen the state's enemies.
Cassif had previously been temporarily unable to participate in Knesset proceedings after saying that Israeli authorities were carrying out “deliberate genocide” in the Gaza Strip. The Knesset also voted on lifting his parliamentary immunity, but the number of votes required for the decision was not reached.
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