# Israel bans Arab parties from election: What you need to know

https://mins.news/en/item/78535

- DW, 2026-09-29 11:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/israel-bans-arab-parties-from-election-what-you-need-to-know/a-79461211?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Israel’s Central Elections Committee has moved to bar all Arab parties from the upcoming election, prompting accusations that the measure is “another nail in the coffin of democracy.” The decision is not final: the Supreme Court could overturn it. If upheld, Arab citizens—about a fifth of Israel’s population—could lose their main source of representation in the Knesset.

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