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Arab party says it’ll back opposition candidate for Judicial Selection Committee

By Carrie Keller-Lynn 29 May 2023, 4:01 pm 0 Edit

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

MK Ahmad Tibi speaks in the Knesset plenum during a memorial ceremony marking 27 years since the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, November 6, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Hadash-Ta’al MK Ahmad Tibi tells The Times of Israel that his party is “for an agreed-upon candidate” presented by the opposition for the Judicial Selection Committee, but has its own “considerations.”

Tibi confirmed that other opposition parties have approached Hadash-Ta’al to discuss next week’s vote for Knesset member representation on the panel responsible for picking judges.

When asked if the majority-Arab party would run its own candidate, Tibi says, “We are discussing within the faction.”