Israeli Supreme Court annuls election ban for Joint List and Raam Party

According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the ban decision taken by the Israeli Central Election Committee for the Joint List and Raam Party, upon the applications of Likud and far-right parties led by Netanyahu, was overturned by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court ruled that the election ban decision on the Joint List and Raam Party did not meet the standards set by case law.

The ban decision taken by the Israeli Central Election Committee against Hadash Party Deputy Ofer Cassif, one of the Joint List components, was also annulled.

Sami Abu Shehade, leader of the Balad Party, one of the components of the Joint List, announced yesterday that he decided not to participate in the elections after the Supreme Court announced that it would make a ban decision if he did not withdraw his candidacy.