Israeli court nixes ban on Arab politician's parliament bid

Israel's top court on Sunday struck down a decision to disqualify an Arab politician from running in next month's parliamentary election. The Israeli Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the Central Elections Committee's ruling to bar Heba Yazbak, a lawmaker from the Palestinian nationalist Balad party, saying there was no legal basis for Yazbak's disqualification. The committee, which is made up of Israeli Parliament members, voted 28-7 last month to bar Yazbak.

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