Israel passes controversial funding law

[Spiraling Leopard]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12837953

The Israeli parliament has passed a law that allows the state to deny funding to institutions that question the country's existence as a Jewish state.

Civil rights groups say the law restricts the freedom of expression of Israel's Arab minority, which makes up about a fifth of Israel's population.

The controversial law brought in by the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party was passed by a vote of 37 to 25.

The new law has been called the Nakba bill, the Arabic word for catastrophe.

Palestinians use the term to refer to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, when hundreds of thousands of them fled or were forced from their homes.

Under the new law, groups involved in activities that deny Israel's existence as a Jewish state can be prevented from receiving public funding.

Those activities include marking Israel's Independence Day as a day of mourning.

Civil rights and Israeli Arab politicians say the law is undemocratic and unfairly singles out Israel's Arab citizens.

The current version of the law is more moderate than the original, which called for prison sentences for anyone holding Nakba memorial events.

[The One and Only Mo]

I guess that's not so bad because Israel is secular anyways.

[takebackourtemple]

   It is one thing to let these groups speak. It is another to fund them. I really hope the U.S. does not fund KKK groups. Unfortunately they fund Muslim Nazi groups that preach the destruction of the U.S.

   I just don't get it, how can a group deny the existence of Israel and then collect money from them?

   I'm not sure about Israeli law, but in the U.S. if there is a dispute and a check is cashed, it constitutes an agreement of contract, so essentially these groups would have agreed to the existence of Israel by accepting the money.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Newsflash, the Israeli regime itself is opposed to the existence of a Jewish state.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

Newsflash, the Israeli regime itself is opposed to the existence of a Jewish state.

Exactly, the law makes no sense!

[IsraeliGovtAreKapos]

The Israeli State itself is opposed to the existence of the Jews

[The One and Only Mo]

The Israeli state is opposed to the existence of Torah values. They are fine with Jews who are okay with national suicide, secularism, and supporting Arabs.