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Elections Committee disqualifies Ofer Cassif from Knesset race

Committee votes 19-5 to bar Cassif from running over support for armed struggle against Israel; decision now heads to Supreme Court.

Opposition's Yisrael Beiteinu backs ban on Arab parties from 2026 election run

Yisrael Beytenu: We’ll vote to disqualify Ra’am

MK Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party says Ra’am, the Joint List, Ofer Cassif and Sami Abu Shehadeh have no place in Knesset.

A month from elections, UN speech is an opportunity for Netanyahu. But Trump isn’t helping him

PM is facing challenging political mood back home, and can count on headlines from Thursday's address. What he really wants is a Trump meeting, but president…

Trump administration to admit primarily Afrikaners under new refugee proposal

US President Donald Trump has claimed Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country, allegations the South African government has denied.

Hearings begin on bids to bar parties, candidates from election, with Arabs in crosshairs

Yisrael Beytenu says it will back disqualification of Ra'am, as well as Joint List and individual politicians * Trumps links to days-old poll showing edge for…

Ben Gvir demands role of defense minister in next government, Gotliv as justice minister

Otzma Yehudit chair unveils plans to 'encourage' Palestinians to leave Gaza and West Bank, fire attorney general, loosen constraints on military and radically constrain judiciary

Israel Election Poll: Eisenkot's Bloc Beats Netanyahu as Likud Gains Ground

Ben-Gvir demands Defense Ministry, Tally Gotliv for justice minister in next gov’t

Ben-Gvir leads the far-right Otzma Yehudit party and recently added Gotliv to the second slot on his list after she left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling…

AG: Disqualification of Balad leader from election ‘should be seriously considered’

Baharav-Miara says post-October 7 article by Sami Abou Shehadah may constitute support for armed struggle; Yashar, Blue and White back Otzma Yehudit bid to disqualify him

Hundreds go on hunger strike in Lebanon prison as amnesty law stalled

Lebanese parliament passed sweeping law in August intended to help thousands of prisoners, many of them Islamists, but an appeal has put it on pause for…

Morocco gears up for elections after mass migration attempts, deadly youth protests

27 parties will compete for 395 parliamentary seats on Wednesday, as Moroccans contend with key issues including poverty, healthcare, education

Court bars solitary confinement for Agam Tsarafi, rebukes IPS over prison video

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had defended the IPS after the footage emerged, alleging that Tsarafi disrupted order and mistreated prisoners and staff.