Israel elections: Court bans far-right candidate Ben-Ari (BBC)

Israel’s Supreme Court has disqualified the leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, Michael Ben-Ari, from next month’s elections.

In doing so, it overturned an earlier decision by the electoral committee.

Mr Ben-Ari has faced criticism over his comments about Israeli Arabs. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has said they amount to “incitement to racism”.

The court also reinstated Israeli Arab parties previously banned from contesting the 9 April poll. Read more

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