以色列最高法院定于周四举行听证会，审理那些质疑禁止阿拉伯候选人及阿拉伯政党参与10月27日议会选举决定的上诉案件。
Israel's Supreme Court is set to hold a hearing Thursday on petitions challenging decisions to bar Arab candidates and electoral lists from parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 27.
总部位于以色列的巴勒斯坦人权组织“Adalah”在一份声明中表示，由九名法官组成的法庭将审理这些涉及候选人资格取消的诉讼案件。
Adalah, a Palestinian human rights center based in Israel, said in a statement seen by Anadolu that a nine-judge panel would consider cases involving the disqualifications.
“取消所有阿拉伯政党参选资格的决定，以及取消国会议员Ofer Cassif和前国会议员Sami Abu Shehadeh参选资格的决定，都是毫无根据且具有歧视性的，”Adalah表示。
“The decisions to disqualify all Arab electoral lists, Knesset member Ofer Cassif and former Knesset member Sami Abu Shehadeh are unfounded and discriminatory,” Adalah said.
上周，以色列中央选举委员会投票决定取消“联合名单”（Joint List）、“阿拉伯联合名单”（United Arab List）的参选资格，同时取消Balad党主席Sami Abu Shehadeh以及来自该联合名单的议员Ofer Cassif的参选资格。
Last week, Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted to disqualify the Joint List, the United Arab List, Abu Shehadeh, head of the Balad party, and Cassif, a lawmaker from the Joint List.
巴勒斯坦人占以色列总人口（超过1000万）的约21%。民调显示，阿拉伯候选人有望赢得以色列议会120个席位中的12个。
Palestinians make up about 21% of Israel’s population of more than 10 million. Opinion polls project Arab lawmakers to win 12 of the Knesset’s 120 seats.
Adalah称，该组织已于9月28日和29日向最高法院提交了书面回应和上诉，质疑选举委员会的这些决定。
Adalah said it submitted responses and appeals to the Supreme Court on Sept. 28 and 29 challenging the committee’s decisions to bar the candidates.
该组织指出，选举委员会的决定无视了最高法院的既有判例，并且所依据的证据并不充分。
The center argued that the committee’s decisions disregarded binding Supreme Court precedents and relied on irrelevant evidence.
“这一选举过程本身也存在歧视性——选举委员会不仅取消了所有阿拉伯政党的参选资格，却允许极右翼政党继续参与选举；尽管有大量证据表明这些极右翼政党公然煽动针对巴勒斯坦人的暴力行为，”Adalah强调。
“The process is also discriminatory, as the committee disqualified all Arab lists while allowing far-right lists to participate despite extensive evidence of explicit incitement to violence against Palestinians,” it said.
该组织表示，如果这些决定得到维持，将意味着“为两种截然不同的、具有歧视性的选举行为提供司法上的合法性”。根据以色列的选举法规，取消个别候选人的参选资格必须经过最高法院的批准才能生效；而取消整个政党的参选资格则可以在法院提起诉讼前提出异议。
Adalah said upholding any of the decisions would “provide judicial cover for two separate and discriminatory tracks for exercising the right to vote and stand for election.”Under Israeli electoral rules, the disqualification of an individual candidate requires Supreme Court approval before taking effect, while decisions to disqualify an electoral list can be challenged before the court.
以色列中央选举委员会本质上是一个政治机构，其成员主要由现任议会各党派的代表组成。
Israel’s Central Elections Committee is primarily a political body composed of representatives of parliamentary blocs in the outgoing Knesset.
席位根据各阵营代表人数的多少进行分配，这使得执政联盟在委员会中占据多数。据以色列《国土报》报道，该委员会目前有34名成员。
Seats are allocated according to the size of the blocs’ representation, giving the governing coalition a majority on the committee. The committee currently has 34 members, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
过去，最高法院曾推翻中央选举委员会取消阿拉伯政党名单和议员资格的决定。
In the past, the Supreme Court overturned decisions by the Central Elections Committee to disqualify Arab lists and lawmakers.