Blog Archives
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Declaration of Loyalty Bill
January 24, 2012
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.
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Acceptance to Communities Law
November 9, 2011
This law primarily intends to deny ethnic minorities’ access to Jewish communities set up on predominantly public lands, by allowing various villages and communities to reject anyone who does not fit in with the committee’s positions, religion, political views, and so on.
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The Nakba Law
November 9, 2011
This law authorizes the Minister of Finance to relinquish monetary support from an institution or municipality – if the institution held an event that undermines the “existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state” or marks the date of Israel’s establishment “as a day of mourning.”
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Bill on Funding for Cultural Institutions
November 7, 2011
Tabled by: MK Moshe Matalon (Yisrael Beitenu) on 1 June 2009 The bill is intended to deny state funds … Read more
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Bill on Banning Veils in Public
November 7, 2011
Tabled by: MK Marina Solodkin (Kadima) on 12 July 2010. According to this bill, officially titled “Penalty Code (Amendment … Read more
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Bill on Ousting MKs
November 7, 2011
Tabled by: MK Danny Danon (Likud) on 2 November 2009. According to this bill, which is a proposed amendment … Read more
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Cinema Bill
November 7, 2011
Tabled by: MKs Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) and Moshe Matalon (Yisrael Beitenu) on 17 March 2010. Description: According to … Read more
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Bill on MKs’ Pledge of Allegiance
November 7, 2011
Members of Knesset will be required to pledge allegiance to the State of Israel as a Jewish, Zionist, and democratic state.
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Pledge of Allegiance for Civil Servants and Council Members
November 7, 2011
Members of local and city councils and various other civil servants will be required to pledge allegiance to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.
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Basic Law: Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People
November 6, 2011
This bill seeks to define Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people” – and uniquely of the Jewish people – legally subordinating the state’s democratic character to its Jewish one as defined in this bill.
