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Israel disqualifies two Arab lists

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Israel's Central Elections Committee voted to disqualify the two largest Arab party lists from the Oct. 27 parliamentary ballot, a decision now slated for final review by the Supreme Court.

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Wendy Pearlman, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more Marc Lynch, Wendy Pearlman, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Robert L. Tsai, Peter Schöttler

Scholar power: 67.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 45%, Law 27%, Sociology 14%, History 9%, Communication & Media Studies 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Marc Lynch	41%	24	20.1%
🎓 Wendy Pearlman	39%	17	16.1%
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	30%	17	12.4%
🎓 Robert L. Tsai	41%	7	10.8%
🎓 Peter Schöttler	25%	10	7.9%
Total			67.3%

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60.0%

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67.3%

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1.244

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Yair Wallach

@yairwallach.bsky.social

The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election.
According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.

September 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM

by Césari Laurent

Scholar power: 17.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 45%, Law 27%, Sociology 14%, History 9%, Communication & Media Studies 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Césari Laurent	26%	5	17.4%

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68.0%

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0.136

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Laurent Cesari

@laurentcesari.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/05ff...

Israeli election committee bars main Arab parties from next month’s poll

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition lead campaign to exclude Ra’am and Joint List

September 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM

by Césari Laurent

Scholar power: 17.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 45%, Law 27%, Sociology 14%, History 9%, Communication & Media Studies 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Césari Laurent	26%	5	17.4%

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58.0%

4.4 h

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0.067

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Laurent Cesari

@laurentcesari.bsky.social

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israel's elections committee votes to bar all Arab parties

The decision to ban the UAL, the Joint List and Balad's party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and Jewish MK Ofer Cassif from Hadash is expected to reach the Israel High Court for review

www.haaretz.com

September 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM

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