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Jerusalem Post leads with Otzma Yehudit cleared; Haaretz leads with 'only Arab parties disqualified'

Israel's Central Elections Committee barred both Arab slates and two Arab-party candidates from October's election. It kept Ben-Gvir's and Smotrich's parties on the ballot. The outlets agree on the outcome but not on which half is the news. Only Haaretz says the Otzma Yehudit vote was close.

Israel Election 2026: What does Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit stand for?
Israel Election 2026: What does Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit stand for? as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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What happened. Haaretz's editorial says the committee voted on Wednesday to bar the Joint List, Mansour Abbas' United Arab List, Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh and Hadash MK Ofer Cassif. On Thursday the committee rejected petitions against Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism and Zehut, according to The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz and Al-Modon.

Which half leads.

Outlet Headline leads with Its own words
The Jerusalem Post Far right cleared "clears Otzma Yehudit ... after barring Arab slates day earlier"
Haaretz (news) Arab parties barred "only Arab parties disqualified"
Haaretz (opinion, 3 pieces) The Arab bans "a permanent ritual"; "politically driven"
Al-Modon Far right cleared refuses to strike off "the parties of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich"

How the charges are put. The Jerusalem Post says the petitions "alleged" that Otzma Yehudit denied Israel's democratic character and incited racism. A Haaretz opinion piece says Ben-Gvir's party "may come closer" to the legal bar than Abu Shehadeh, "but they are Jewish".

Who is not heard. None of the 8 reports quotes a barred Arab candidate. None quotes a committee member explaining a vote.

Not settled - How close the Otzma Yehudit vote was. Haaretz alone says the party "narrowly escaped" a vote and gives no count. No report gives a count for any vote. - Whether the barred slates will appeal. No report we hold says. - Why each member voted as they did.

What this is about. The body that runs Israel's elections has struck the Arab parties off the ballot for October's Knesset vote. It kept on two far-right parties that sit in the government.

How it got here. Israel elects its 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, from national party lists. The last election was in November 2022 and the term runs four years, so a vote was due by autumn 2026. Section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset lets a list or candidate be barred on three grounds: - denying Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state - incitement to racism - supporting armed struggle against Israel

The law was used in 1988 to bar Kach, the movement of Rabbi Meir Kahane.

A Supreme Court justice chairs the Central Elections Committee, but the parties in the Knesset appoint most of its members. It votes on petitions, which rival parties usually file. Its bans on Arab parties and candidates have come before the Supreme Court in several past elections, and the court has overturned most of them.

The actors. - The Arab slates. Most votes for the Joint List and the United Arab List (Ra'am) come from Palestinian citizens of Israel, who are about a fifth of the population. Balad and Hadash are Arab-led parties. Ofer Cassif is a Jewish MK for Hadash. - Otzma Yehudit is led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister. Ben-Gvir was once a Kach activist. - Religious Zionism is led by Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister. It runs jointly with Zehut.

What is at stake. If the bans stand, the parties most Arab citizens vote for are not on the ballot. That changes who sits in the next Knesset, and whether many Arab citizens vote at all.

Where it stands. The committee has ruled. The reports we hold do not say whether anyone has appealed.

What is being argued about

  • Which half of the ruling is the news: the Arab bans or the far-right clearances
  • Whether the Otzma Yehudit vote was close: Haaretz says so but gives no count
  • Whether the Arab bans are the law applied or, in Haaretz's editorial, 'a permanent ritual'
  • No report quotes a barred candidate or a committee member
One ruling, two leadsSide by side
OutletWhat it leads withWords used
The Jerusalem PostOtzma Yehudit cleared"clears Otzma Yehudit ... after barring Arab slates day earlier"
Haaretz (news)Only Arab parties barred"only Arab parties disqualified"
Haaretz (news, earlier)The far-right vote was close"narrowly escaped a vote against it", no count given
Haaretz (editorial)The Arab bans"a permanent ritual"; "the national sport of criminalizing Arab voices"
Al-ModonFar right not struck offrefuses to strike off "the parties of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich"
Headlines and text as published. Two of the Haaretz rows are news reports; the editorial is opinion.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election panel clears Otzma Yehudit for October vote after barring Arab slates day earlier Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election committee rejects move to bar center-left Democrats; only Arab parties disqualified Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's election committee considers bids to bar Otzma Yehudit, Democrats Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent A flawed ban: End the national sport of criminalizing Arab voices in Israel Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · لجنة انتخابات الكنيست ترفض شطب حزبي بن غفير وسموتريتش Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
When each report was publishedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-23— no time published Central Elections Committee Votes to bar the Joint List, the United Arab List, Sami Abu Shehadeh and Ofer Cassif, according to Haaretz
  2. 2026-09-2322:14 published Haaretz Editorial: 'End the national sport of criminalizing Arab voices'
  3. 2026-09-2322:18 published Haaretz Opinion: Abu Shehadeh's writing 'still wasn't illegal'
  4. 2026-09-2406:38 published Haaretz Otzma Yehudit 'narrowly escaped a vote against it' no count given
  5. 2026-09-2410:23 published Al-Modon Committee refuses to strike off Ben-Gvir's and Smotrich's parties
  6. 2026-09-2411:19 published Haaretz 'Only Arab parties disqualified'
  7. 2026-09-2414:44 published The Jerusalem Post 'Clears Otzma Yehudit ... after barring Arab slates day earlier'
Publication times in UTC. The opinion pieces ran before any report of the far-right ruling.
Sources Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent A flawed ban: End the national sport of criminalizing Arab voices in Israel Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent What this Arab Knesset candidate wrote was infuriating. It still wasn't illegal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's election committee considers bids to bar Otzma Yehudit, Democrats Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · لجنة انتخابات الكنيست ترفض شطب حزبي بن غفير وسموتريتش Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election committee rejects move to bar center-left Democrats; only Arab parties disqualified Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election panel clears Otzma Yehudit for October vote after barring Arab slates day earlier Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Arab slates barred, far-right cleared: whether the reports say the two outcomes differ

Three opinion pieces say in their own voice that the Arab bans are a ritual, politically driven, or tied to ethnicity. The news reports mostly give the two decisions side by side, and one headline puts 'only Arab parties' up front. The case against Otzma Yehudit is described as 'alleged' in one report and as a near miss in another.

3 reports setting the Arab bans against the far-right clearances 3 opinion pieces calling the bans unjust or politically driven 0 reports quoting a barred Arab candidate
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election panel clears Otzma Yehudit for October vote after barring Arab slates day earlier Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election committee rejects move to bar center-left Democrats; only Arab parties disqualified Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's election committee considers bids to bar Otzma Yehudit, Democrats Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent What this Arab Knesset candidate wrote was infuriating. It still wasn't illegal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Sami Abu Shehadeh's unforgivable crime? Speaking as a Palestinian in Israel Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent A flawed ban: End the national sport of criminalizing Arab voices in Israel Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · لجنة انتخابات الكنيست ترفض شطب حزبي بن غفير وسموتريتش Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel Election 2026: What does Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit stand for? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

No claims registered.

Who wrote it

S Sarah Ben-Nun The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attributed allegation The charges against Otzma Yehudit are attributed to the petitions as allegations.×1
Hedge The case against Otzma Yehudit is hedged as 'alleged'×1
Measure chosen Reports it as a unanimous recommendation from all nine justices.×1
Scope of the story The headline says 'Arab slates', but the case also covers a Jewish MK, Ofer Cassif.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified1 true
From 140 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Shir Perets The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed The headline calls him 'hijacking pilot' as fact and puts his nationality forward; only the flight halt is sourced.×1
Counter voice the army and the security service are quoted against the minister's warning×1
Dissent carried The army and the security service are quoted disputing the premise.×1
Employment status says he is an outsourced contractor, not a state employee×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 unverified1 true
From 85 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Chen Maanit Haaretz · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Framing verb 'Narrowly escaped' presents the vote as a close call for the party.×1
Headline frame The headline leads with the fact that only Arab parties were barred.×1
Headline framing The headline puts the result as an ethnic split×1
Label Labels three parties 'far-right'. No equivalent label is used for the Arab parties.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 unverified2 true
From 67 reports we hold under this byline, at Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
ا المدن - عرب وعالم Al-Modon
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter.×1
Army wording attributed The report attributes the description of the soldiers' deaths as an 'operational incident' to the army.×1
Asserted not attributed pressure on Abu Dhabi presented as revealed, not claimed×1
Asserted, not attributed the US block is stated as fact with no source named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading7 disputed18 unverified15 true
From 801 reports we hold under this byline, at Al-Modon. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Dina Zilber Haaretz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice.×1
Asymmetry claim Says the far-right party may be closer to the legal bar yet escaped it because it is Jewish×1
Headline judgement The headline gives both a verdict on the candidate's words and a legal conclusion.×1
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
G Gideon Levy Haaretz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Death with no actor named a killing with no killer named×1
Death with no actor named a killing reported with no killer named×1
From 23 reports we hold under this byline, at Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election panel clears Otzma Yehudit for October vote after barring Arab slates day earlier Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Jerusalem Post: the only report to state the charges against Otzma Yehudit, 'alleged' denial of Israel's democratic character and incitement to racism.
Applications aimed to disqualify Otzma Yehudit from elections alleged denial of Israel’s democratic character and incitement to racism.
Attributed allegation: The charges against Otzma Yehudit are attributed to the petitions as allegations. — “Applications aimed to disqualify Otzma Yehudit from elections alleged denial of Israel’s democratic character and incitement to racism.”
Hedge: The case against Otzma Yehudit is hedged as 'alleged' — “alleged denial of Israel’s democratic character and incitement to racism”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-909590
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel Election 2026: What does Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit stand for? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Jerusalem Post: an explainer on what Otzma Yehudit stands for, published the same afternoon.
Otzma Yehudit, founded in 2012, is one of many parties vying for citizens' votes in the elections for the 26th Knesset, which will be held on October 27.The party, whose name translates to “Jewish Power,” is led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and is consider the farthest-Right party in the Israeli political spectrum. It has its roots in the political movement founded by students of Rabbi Meir Kahane. In the 2022 election, Otzma Yehudit ran as part of a joint list with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party and Noam, led by MK Avi Maoz. The list won 14 seats,
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-909348
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Election committee rejects move to bar center-left Democrats; only Arab parties disqualified Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Haaretz: the headline says 'only Arab parties disqualified'. It adds that a bid to bar the center-left Democrats was rejected and that Zehut was cleared.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Elections HQ Poll Tracker Fact Checker Minority Government Ruthless Opposition Why Vote? Current section The Central Elections Committee earlier rejected petitions seeking to bar far-right parties Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism and Zehut Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Israel's Central Elections Committee on Thursday rejected a petition by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seeking to disqualify the center-left Democrats party from running in the upcoming Knesset election, which argued that it unde
Headline frame: The headline leads with the fact that only Arab parties were barred. — “Election committee rejects move to bar center-left Democrats; only Arab parties disqualified”
Headline framing: The headline puts the result as an ethnic split — “only Arab parties disqualified”
Label: Labels three parties 'far-right'. No equivalent label is used for the Arab parties. — “far-right parties Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism and Zehut”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-09-24/ty-article/.pr…
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · لجنة انتخابات الكنيست ترفض شطب حزبي بن غفير وسموتريتش Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Al-Modon, a Lebanese outlet writing in Arabic: the headline reports only the refusal to strike off Ben-Gvir's and Smotrich's parties. We hold one line of its text.
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر رفضت لجنة الانتخابات المركزية الإسرائيلية، اليوم الخميس، منع حزب "عوتسما يهوديت"، برئاسة إيتمار بن غفير، وتحالف "الصهيونية الدينية–زيهوت" برئاسة بتسلئيل سموتريتش وموشيه فيغلين، وحزب "الديمقراطيين" بزعامة يائير غولان، من خوض انتخابات الكنيست الـ26 من خوض انتخابات الكنيست الـ26، فيما يبقى البت النهائي في القرار للمحكمة العليا. نهج "كاخ" الإرهابية وصوّت على طلب شطب تحالف "الصهيونية الدينية–زيهوت"، صوّت 21 عضوًا في اللجنة ضد قبول الطلب، مقابل ثلاثة أيدوه، من دون تسجيل أي امتناع. ومن المقرر إحالة قرار اللجنة ومسوغاته إلى المحكمة العليا للنظر فيه. فيما سبق ذلك تصويت 19 عضواً من ا
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2026/09/24/%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's election committee considers bids to bar Otzma Yehudit, Democrats Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Haaretz: the only report to say Otzma Yehudit 'narrowly escaped' a vote. It says Religious Zionism's joint run with Zehut passed 'almost unanimously'. No count.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Elections HQ Poll Tracker Fact Checker Minority Government Ruthless Opposition Why Vote? Current section Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit narrowly escaped a vote against it, while the panel almost unanimously voted to let Smotrich's Religious Zionism joint run with Zehut, a party led by a former Likud MK Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Israel's Central Elections Committee on Thursday rejected petitions seeking to disqualify the far-right Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism and Zehut parties from running in the upcoming
Framing verb: 'Narrowly escaped' presents the vote as a close call for the party. — “Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit narrowly escaped a vote against it”
Vote uncounted: Calls the vote 'narrow' without giving the count — “Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit narrowly escaped a vote against it”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-09-24/ty-article/.pr…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent What this Arab Knesset candidate wrote was infuriating. It still wasn't illegal Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Haaretz opinion: calls Abu Shehadeh's writing 'infuriating' but not illegal. Says Ben-Gvir's party 'may come closer' to the bar 'but they are Jewish'.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Elections HQ Poll Tracker Fact Checker Minority Government Ruthless Opposition Why Vote? Current section Despite the Elections Committee's politically driven hearings, the bar for disqualifying Knesset candidates is high. Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh does not meet it; Ben-Gvir's far-right party may come closer, but they are Jewish Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format A chronicle of populism foretold – that is perhaps the best way to sum up the Central Elections Committee's hearings Wednesday and Thursday on req
Headline judgement: The headline gives both a verdict on the candidate's words and a legal conclusion. — “What this Arab Knesset candidate wrote was infuriating. It still wasn't illegal”
Asserted flat: The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. — “Ben-Gvir's far-right party may come closer, but they are Jewish”
Asymmetry claim: Says the far-right party may be closer to the legal bar yet escaped it because it is Jewish — “Ben-Gvir's far-right party may come closer, but they are Jewish”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-09-24/ty-article/.pr…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Sami Abu Shehadeh's unforgivable crime? Speaking as a Palestinian in Israel Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Haaretz opinion: the headline says Abu Shehadeh's 'crime' was 'speaking as a Palestinian in Israel'. We hold only the headline.
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-09-24/ty-article-opinion/.premium/…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent A flawed ban: End the national sport of criminalizing Arab voices in Israel Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Haaretz editorial: names all four barred slates and candidates, and calls the bans 'a permanent ritual'.
The Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to disqualify Balad party chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh, Hadash MK Ofer Cassif and both Arab parties – the Joint List and Mansour Abbas' United Arab List – from running in next month's election. The committee's disqualification of the Arabs is a permanent ritual. But this time, there was unusual vitriol accompanying the disqualification of Abu Shehadeh.
Asserted flat: The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. — “The committee's disqualification of the Arabs is a permanent ritual.”
Opinion stated flat: States as fact that barring Arab candidates is a standing ritual — “The committee's disqualification of the Arabs is a permanent ritual.”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2026-09-24/ty-article-opinion…
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
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Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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