Israeli election committee votes to exclude Ra’am and Joint List

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Two principal Arab-led lists face Supreme Court appeals

Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted 18-5 on Wednesday to disqualify both Ra’am and the Joint List from the October 27 election. The exclusions are not final: the lists can appeal, and Adalah, which represents them, said it would challenge the decisions before the Supreme Court next week. The committee also voted separately to exclude two individual candidates, whose cases follow different approval procedures.

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