Palestinians in Israel
Israeli electoral body discriminates against Palestinian Arab candidates, DFLP official says
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Majida al-Masri, deputy general secretary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, condemned Israel's Central Elections Committee for disqualifying Palestinian Arab electoral lists from Knesset candidacy, Shehab Wire reported. She characterized the decision as confirmation of systematic racial discrimination against Palestinians in Israel.
The committee's ruling follows a history of restrictions on Arab political participation in Israeli elections.
