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Israel bars Palestinian candidate despite renouncing his history
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Palestinian Knesset candidate Sami Abu Shehadeh appeared before Israel's Supreme Court and renounced his own history to satisfy eligibility requirements, according to Mondoweiss. Despite his compliance, he was pushed out of the race anyway, the report states.
Palestinians with Israeli citizenship are no longer asked to pledge allegiance to Israel but instead required to renounce their own history as a condition of political participation, Mondoweiss reported. Abu Shehadeh's case illustrates the bind facing Palestinian citizens seeking to run for office in Israeli elections.
