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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

(58,724 posts) Sun Dec 30, 2012, 07:55 AM Dec 2012

Israel’s Supreme Court upholds Hanin Zoabi’s right to election run

JEURSALEM (JTA) -- Arab-Israeli lawmaker Hanin Zoabi may run in the upcoming Israeli elections, Israel's Supreme Court ruled.

The nine-judge panel ruled unanimously on Sunday to overturn a vote earlier this month by Israel's Central Elections Committee to disqualify Zoabi from the Jan. 22 elections.

The Central Elections Committee's 19-9 vote with one abstention came despite a decision by Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein that there was not enough evidence to disqualify the lawmaker.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/12/30/3115611/israels-supreme-court-upholds-hanin-zoabis-right-to-election-run

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