Israel will allow a far-right Kahanist party to contest October’s election after Shin Bet chief David Zini reversed the security agency’s earlier position that it should be barred.

Party leader Bezalel Smotrich announced that one place on the slate is reserved for Zvika Mor, whose son, Eitan, was taken hostage on October 7, 2023. Among the leading contenders…

The security agency had previously concluded the party should be barred from running because it was allegedly promoting Kahanist ideology and was deemed likely to engage in…