Constitutional experts warn the bill could jeopardize freedom of expression: anyone denying Israel's right to exist or calling for its abolition could be punished by up to five years in prison; Germany's lower house of parliament will examine the bill after the summer recess

Germany’s Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, backed a bill to criminalize the denial of Israel’s right to exist on Friday, a motion that constitutional experts said could jeopardize freedom of expression.

According to the bill, anyone denying Israel’s right to exist or calling for its abolition would be punished with a prison sentence of up to five years under the regulation. The bill will be examined by the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, after its summer recess.

  • mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 days ago

    Exactly and a lot of people think of ethnic cleansing as a final act that once done is done, but the damage is ongoing. They still are denying the people the right to return to their own homes. Netanyahu is not an aberration. Even if for some impossible reason they decided to leave the palestinians in the west bank and gaza in peace they still need to deny people entry to their homes in order to keep existing as an entity.

    This is what ethnic cleansing looks like. This is what people who want Pissrael to keep existing support.