For more than 75% of Israel's history, it has ruled over millions of Palestinians it denies the right the vote. The equivalent would be, imagine if, since 1838, about about ~1/3rd of the population living under United States rule had been denied the right to vote because they are native Americans rather than white settlers. Israel is a democracy the same way the US would be a democracy if we stripped the right to vote from 110 million Americans because they had the wrong DNA.

This is Sami Abou Shahadeh. He is the leader of the Balad party, a Palestinian political party in Israel. Sami was disqualified because of this article he published on Oct. 8, 2023. alaraby.co.uk/opinion/%D8%B7… Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara backed Abou Shahadeh's disqualification, saying it "expressed support for armed struggle." Go read the article. it does not express support for armed struggle. not even close. Meanwhile, Amichai Eliyahu was not disqualified even though he said “anyone waving a Palestinian ... flag shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.” (aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/isr…). He's #4 on his party's list. ynetnews.com/article/86upvbr… To repeat: If you say, like the Palestinian Sami Abou Shahadeh said, that Oct. 7th was a "significant historical event in military, political, and strategic terms," than you are disqualified because you are calling for violence. If you say, like the Jewish Amichai Eliyahu said, that “anyone waving a Palestinian ... flag shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth," than you are not disqualified, because you are apparently not calling for violence. Different rules for different people. Not so complicated afterall, it's called apartheid.