nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/5bdf235eba0fcf80 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261006s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/5bdf235eba0fcf80 doi eng 342 23 Mann, Itamar Author aut A Politician Withdrawn in Eliminationist Times - On the Pre-Elections Disqualification Proceedings of Sami Abu Shehadeh Mann, Itamar Verfassungsblog 2026-10-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last Thursday, nine justices of Israel’s Supreme Court, under President Yitzhak Amit, heard appeals against the Central Elections Committee. This body, made up of party delegates, had barred two Arab lists from the Knesset election of 27 October 2026. Within the current Israeli context, the judges’ words spoken in that room constituted a form of state violence that must be recognized as such. The Court exercised coercive authority through an informal, reasonless indication of its intended judgment, producing the effects of a judgment while avoiding the legal constraints attached to one. CC BY-SA 4.0 disqualification Israeli Supreme Court Party Ban violence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-politician-withdrawn-in-eliminationist-times/ raw object