JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: In Jerusalem a verbally violent encounter today the Israeli Central Election Committee voted to ban two Arab parties from the upcoming Knesset elections. Those in favor of the ban cited support of terrorism and refusal to recognize Israel as a state. The Arab party leaders responded in kind claiming they had never seen such “racist voting, by such a racist collection of people.

The Arab leaders from the UAL and Balad parties say that they are part of Israel and they recognize its existence, but they will never support Zionism, an ideology which would have them removed from their holy land. The fighting degenerated into mildly humorous, albeit completely inappropriate personal attacks, with one of the ruling party leaders calling the Balad head “unemployed” and a “bum”.

As the tension mounts between Israeli and Palestinian forces in Gaza this conflict is only going to get worse. Most likely the High Court of Justice (great name, huh?) will reverse the ban as it has done with similar ones in the past, but the partisan damage has been done.

Article: Elections C’tee bans UAL, Balad lists

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