Overview

• An AZM appeals tribunal unanimously reversed the ban on Ronn Torossian serving on the ZOA Coalition slate, with two tribunal members recusing.
• The decision authorizes Torossian to attend the 39th Congress in late October and speak during deliberations over roughly $5 billion in allocations.
• Judges said his private exchanges with Columbia professor Shai Davidai were not grounds for removal, and selected public statements they reviewed focused on issues rather than a rival slate.
• Kol Israel criticized the ruling as granting a free pass to bullying and blackmail, while ZOA and Torossian said their dispute with Davidai centered on policy positions.
• The tribunal emphasized it does not condone Torossian’s language and urged new deterrents, as Betar’s confrontational tactics have previously drawn rebukes including a security removal from a Conference of Presidents meeting.