Balad Chair Sami Abu Shehadeh Withdraws from 26th Knesset Race

Balad party chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh has announced his withdrawal from the Knesset election race after Supreme Court justices signaled a majority favored his disqualification. The move follows a petition filed over an article he published the day after the October 7 massacre, which the state claimed constituted support for armed struggle against Israel.