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Israeli Court Drops Ban on Two Arab Legislators

The Israeli Supreme Court reverses a ban on two Arab members of parliament, permitting them to participate in the Jan. 28 general election. Meanwhile, the small centralist party Shinui, which demands an end to special benefits for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews, moves up in polls. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and Linda Gradstein.

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