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Israel Supreme Court: Let Arab MKs Run in Election
(Ha'aretz)- Moshe Reinfeld and Yair Ettinger A panel of 11 Supreme Court justices on Thursday overturned the Central Elections Committee's decisions to disqualify Arab MKs Ahmed Tibi, Azmi Bishara, and the Balad party from running in the January 28 election. The CEC had disqualified Balad and Bishara for rejecting Israel's character as a Jewish state, in violation of the Basic Law on the Knesset. The CEC also contended that in speeches delivered in Syria and Umm al-Fahm, Bishara supported armed resistance by terror groups.