Israel’s parliament (Knesset) today approved a law that provides for the deportation to the Gaza Strip of close relatives of people who have committed “terrorist attacks” in the country, a text denounced by advocates of the rights of the Arab minority. The bill, introduced by MP Almog Cohen, a member of the far-right Jewish Power party, allows the interior minister to deport family members of “terrorists if they knew in advance of planning terrorist attacks but did not do everything they could to prevent them from being carried out ». The home secretary will also have the power to “deport family members who express support for terrorism or publish statements that praise or encourage terrorist acts or a terrorist organisation”. Israeli citizens will be deportable from seven to fifteen years, and permanent or temporary residents from ten to twenty years. This law, which has been supported for years by the far right, is intended, according to its supporters, to prevent its Arab citizens […]
Source: News Beast
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