Abu Shahada: "My article after 10/7 was unsuccessful, I didn't understand the full picture"

Balad party chairman Sami Abu Shahada admitted in an interview with Kan News that the article he published the day after October 7 was unsuccessful, and that he did not understand the full picture at the time. He also addressed his disqualification by the Central Elections Committee, calling it a "circus" and arguing that parties should not disqualify each other. Abu Shahada refused to define Hamas as a terrorist organization, condemned the October 7 acts as a massacre and atrocities, and clashed with the interviewer who demanded he say the words.

Balad party chairman Sami Abu Shahada was interviewed this morning (Thursday) on the program "This Morning" on Kan News and addressed the article he published on October 8, 2023, a day after the Hamas attack on the Gaza envelope. Abu Shahada admitted that the article was unsuccessful and that he did not understand the full picture at the time. He also addressed his disqualification yesterday by the Central Elections Committee, calling the process a "circus" that should be stopped, arguing that political parties should not disqualify a competing party with a different worldview. Abu Shahada clarified that he does not intend to resign following the decision. During the interview, Abu Shahada clashed with the interviewer who demanded he define Hamas as a terrorist organization. Abu Shahada refused, condemned the October 7 acts as "crimes, massacre and atrocities," and replied to the interviewer that the demand to "repeat after me" is suitable for a conversation with a child in kindergarten, not for a political leader.