Tabled by: MK Danny Danon (Likud).
This bill stipulates that as a condition for receiving any official document of the state – such as an identity card, a passport, or a driver’s license – citizens would be required to declare their loyalty to the State of Israel and to its values as a Jewish and democratic state.
According to ACRI, a state that requires citizens to decalre their loyalty and monitors their beliefs, views, and opinions – is not a democracy. This bill will infringe on a range of basic rights of Israeli citizens, not only their freedom of expression and freedom of opinion, since it might lead to revocation of necessary documents, as well as revoking the right to the realization of civil rights of persons who refuse to declare loyalty to the state and its institutions.
23 January 2012: Bill was tabled.
Status: Bill has been tabled, and not yet discussed by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation.
