MK Zahalka: 'Mitigated Naqba bill' is racist
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Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka (Balad) claimed in a Knesset discussion of the "mitigated Naqba bill" that "this is one of the most dangerous laws discussed in the Knesset in the past decade. This law is meant to harm freedom of expression, which is a basic constitutional right recognized throughout the world. It is legislation that upholds all the criteria of racism as recognized by international institutions," he said.
According to the bill, the finance minister will be granted to authority to decrease the a group's budget should it be found to be financing activities that deny the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. (Amnon Meranda)
