From Ben-Gvir to Yair Golan: Why Israel is silencing Sami Abu Shehadeh | Exclusive interview

In an exclusive sit-down in Jaffa with The New Arab, Palestinian politician and Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh responds to the Central Elections Committee’s decision to ban him and Arab parties from the upcoming Knesset elections.

From the far-right coalition of Itamar Ben-Gvir and Benjamin Netanyahu to the Zionist left led by Yair Golan, Abu Shehadeh unpacks the rare, cross-spectrum consensus mobilised to silence Palestinian representation post-October 7. He addresses the pretext used against him, the erosion of the Israeli Supreme Court, and why Balad’s call for a "state of all its citizens" remains the ultimate threat to systemic racism and endless war.

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