The plenum of the Central Election Commission, chaired by Judge Uzi Vogelman, will convene today for a marathon discussion on applications to disqualify from running for the 24th Knesset the No. 7 candidate on the Labor list, Abtisam Maraana, as well as the joint list and RAAM. For all disqualification requests.
The chairman of the Central Election Commission, Orly Adas, talks about the adjustments to Corona. (Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman)
The request to disqualify Maraana was submitted separately by Labor Party member Maozia Segal with a group of past and present party members, and Adv. Itamar Ben Gvir on behalf of Jewish power and the list of religious Zionism. Petitioners argued that it should be disqualified The Memorial to the IDF Martyrs, wrote “I would destroy Zichron Yaacov […] That you return to the United States or Poland “and expressed sympathy with security prisoners.
According to the petitioners, in Maraana’s statements there is opposition to the State of Israel and Zionism, activities to deny the existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, and even support for an armed struggle of an enemy state or a terrorist organization against the State of Israel.
Ibtisam Mara’ana (Photo: YouTube screenshot)Mandelblit submitted an opinion to the Election Commission yesterday, in which he wrote that “the limited evidence presented in the two applications for disqualification of her candidacy for the Knesset does not establish an evidentiary basis for their acceptance and certainly no ‘critical mass’ of unequivocal, clear and convincing evidence regarding Which undertakes according to the ruling of the Supreme Court to disqualify a candidate from running in the Knesset elections. ” The ombudsman even mentioned that in an interview with News 12 that aired last Saturday, Maraana apologized for a 2013 post in which she boasted that she did not stand by the siren of Memorial Day, and herself called it “a very old and miserable status” and noted that she would not write it today.
In response, Ben Gvir said: “Once again, the ombudsman is folding and training the enemies of Israel. When it came to Ben-Ari, Marzel and Gupstein, the ombudsman was quick to pass judgment. However, when it comes to someone who is proven beyond any doubt that it denies the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state and expresses open support for terrorism – the ombudsman is silent. In the next Knesset, we will stop the rule of jurists and make sure that the judicial system has a Jewish Zionist agenda again. “
Itamar Ben Gvir (Photo: Yonatan Zindel, Flash 90)Segal said yesterday that he was considering not attending the hearing today, after his request to separate the hearing in his petition from Ben Gvir’s petition was denied by the judge. “I do not want my name to be included in Ben Gvir’s petition,” he explained. The Election Commission said that if he did not attend the hearing, his petition would be deleted.
The ombudsman informed the Election Commission that he also opposes Adv. Ben Gvir’s petitions to disqualify the joint list and the RAAM list, for similar reasons. The Central Election Commission is a political body, composed of the representatives of the factions in the outgoing Knesset, according to their relative power.
At the end of today’s hearings in the petitions, there will be a vote. If it is decided to disqualify Mara’a, contrary to the ombudsman’s position, the decision will be submitted to the Supreme Court for approval, which in the past became similar decisions of the committee. Yesh Atid announced that it will vote against all disqualification requests. “.