# Arab-Israeli party leader withdraws from election bid

https://mins.news/en/item/82902

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-02 04:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/2/arab-israeli-party-leader-drops-election-bid?traffic_source=rss

> Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh has pulled out of the October 27 Knesset election after Israel’s Supreme Court warned it might disqualify him. The elections committee voted last week to disqualify the country’s two main Arab-majority parties.

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