https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/balad/ The latest Flip News stories on balad. en-GB Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:59:15 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/balad-abu-shehadeh-withdraws-knesset-race/ https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/balad-abu-shehadeh-withdraws-knesset-race/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh is ending his candidacy in Israel's October 27 Knesset election after a nine-justice Supreme Court panel signalled it would uphold his disqualification over an article he published the day after the October 7, 2023 attack. James Calloway israel knesset-election balad supreme-court The Times of Israel