Israeli election committee bans Arab parties from standing in next month's vote

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Israeli opposition parties have supported the ban on Ra'am and Joint List, and on two candidates, which could leave Palestinian citizens without representation Israel's Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to ban the country's two main Arab-majority political lists from next month's parliamentary election, in a move that could leave Palestinian citizens of Israel without their principal representation in the Knesset. The committee voted to disqualify the Ra'am party and the Joint List,