High Court rejects Democrats’ bid to bar Otzma Yehudit from election

Israel’s High Court of Justice has formally rejected a petition filed by the Democrats party seeking to bar the Otzma Yehudit party from participating in the upcoming election. The court’s ruling allows the party to remain on the ballot despite the legal challenge brought against it.

In addition to the party-wide disqualification bid, the court also denied the Democrats' specific requests to disqualify individual candidates Itamar Ben-Gvir and Tally Gotliv from running for office. The decision maintains the current candidate list as the election process moves forward.