Knesset advances bill to levy NIS 10,000 fine on ‘terrorism flag wavers’ (Jerusalem Post)

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     A young boy carrying a Hamas flag walks past Palestinian women gathered as they wait for the funeral of a young Palestinian girl, outside the family's home in the Qalandiya Refugee camp in the West Bank, on December 18, 2015.  (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)

    Knesset advances bill to levy NIS 10,000 fine on ‘terrorism flag wavers’ – By Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post) / May 10, 2023

    Waving terror flags or the public posting of photographs of terrorists is already a criminal act in Israel, punishable by three or four years of imprisonment.

    A bill to levy a NIS10,000 fine against those who publicly wave or hang the flag of a terror organization received preliminary approval in a 50-28 vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday.

    “Incitement to terrorism creates an atmosphere that influences individuals and organizations to commit [further] acts of terrorist,” said Justice Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) who spoke in support of the bill introduced by Religious Zionist MK Zvi Sukkot.

    “The main source of a terrorist organization’s power is the propaganda it produces, and that is what we are fighting,” Sukkot said.

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