Nakba Law
The Nakba Law is an Israeli law.
| Nakba Law | |
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| Knesset | |
| Enacted | 2011 |
Background
The Nakba Law was first proposed in 2008 by Alex Miller.[1] The proposal was preliminarily approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on May 24, 2009.[1] The proposal was rejected and sent to the Committee for Constitution, Law, and Justice for revision.[1]
Thirty-seven members of the Knesset voted in favor of the Nakba Law, and twenty-five voted against, but sixty out of 120 MKs did not show up for the vote, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[2]
Provisions
The law authorises the Ministry of Finance to impose financial penalties on any organisation or body that commemorates Israeli Independence Day as a day of mourning and withdraw their funding or support from the state.[3]
Effects
In 2019, Tel Aviv University cancelled a lecture by Ofer Cassif citing the law.[4]
References
Citations
- Gutman & Tirosh 2021, p. 713.
- Gutman & Tirosh 2021, p. 714.
- Kapshuk & Strömbom 2021, p. 12.
- Kadari-Ovadia, Shira (May 16, 2019). "Israeli University Cancels Event Marking Nakba Day, Citing Violation of Law". Haaretz. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
Bibliography
- Kapshuk, Yoav; Strömbom, Lisa (2021). "Israeli Pre-Transitional Justice and the Nakba Law". Israel Law Review. Cambridge University Press: 1–19. doi:10.1017/S0021223721000157.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - Gutman, Yifat; Tirosh, Noam (2021). "Balancing Atrocities and Forced Forgetting: Memory Laws as a Means of Social Control in Israel". Law & Social Inquiry. Cambridge University Press. 46 (3): 705–730. doi:10.1017/lsi.2020.35. S2CID 234091285. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.