The Court submitted its position with regard to its disqualification, claiming that "her statements bring her very close to the disqualification threshold, but did not accumulate the required mass of evidence"

• Mandelblit submits his position on the Jabzak disqualification // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit, on Monday, submitted the position to the chairman of the Central Election Commission in relation to a request not to approve Knesset MK Hiba Yazbak's contention that "no critical evidence has been accumulated" of clear, clear and convincing evidence, Required by the Supreme Court's ruling to disqualify them from running for Knesset elections. "

Mendelblit explained that some of Yezbek's statements bring her closer to the level of disqualification, but given her statements and clarifications to the Election Commission, this is not an infrastructure that justifies her disapproval by the Supreme Court.

Praised Samir Conter; Hiba Izbek // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

At the beginning of his remarks, however, the Court stressed that "there is no place in the Knesset for those who support an armed struggle of an enemy state or a terrorist organization against the State of Israel. In general, there is no place in the Knesset for those who support the attack on IDF soldiers, as part of an armed struggle by a terrorist organization against the State of Israel. "

The Court further clarifies that it "believes that some of the evidence presented is grave and disgusting statements, including those implied by identifying with terrorists who have committed terrorist acts and murdered many Israeli civilians, including children."

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As mentioned, MK Yizbak has published posts calling her Samir Kuntar the title of "Shahid", expressing her longing for Nasser, congratulating terrorist Ravi Sultani who served years of spying for former chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi.

According to Mandelblit, Yezbeck clarified in an affidavit that she submitted to the Election Commission that she opposed violence, and even explicitly emphasized that she did not read or intend to harm civilians or IDF soldiers. In addition, Yazbak expressed remorse for some of the statements.

At the same time, the Attorney General, in the request for dismissal, did not find a sufficient amount of material evidence and there was a lack of substantiation on repeated activity.