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Bill expanding grounds to disqualify Knesset candidates advances

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Bill expanding grounds to disqualify Knesset candidates advances

An amendment to Basic Law: The Knesset sponsored by MK Ofir Katz (Likud) cleared preliminary reading 61-35, broadening the criteria for barring candidates who support terror to include support for lone-attacker acts and removing the requirement that Central Elections Committee disqualifications need High Court ratification.

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