Shea Levin — text status

In a dramatic development, all nine High Court justices urged Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh to withdraw from the upcoming Knesset election, with Supreme Court President Isaac Amit telling him that a majority of the panel supports his disqualification. The case centers on an article Abu Shehadeh published the day after the October 7 massacre, calling the Hamas assault an “important historic event” militarily, politically and strategically, and writing that others could learn from Hamas’s success in surprising Israel.