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[I]The bill was proposed by the hard-line party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman[/I]
[quote=BBC News]Israeli MPs have voted to establish a formal inquiry into the foreign funding of human rights groups, in a move critics describe as "McCarthyite".
[B]The bill accuses local rights groups of damaging the legitimacy of Israel's military by "branding IDF soldiers and commanders as war criminals".[/B]
It was sponsored by the hard-line party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
It follows other recent initiatives from the Israeli right, like requiring an oath of loyalty from non-Jews.
The motion to establish the commission of inquiry will now go to parliament's House Committee for debate, ahead of a full vote before the Knesset.
[B]MK Fania Kirshenbaum - of Mr Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party - who submitted the proposal, accused human rights groups of branding Israeli soldiers as war criminals.[/B]
"These groups provide material to the Goldstone commission [which investigated the 2008-2009 Gaza offensive] and are behind the indictments lodged against Israeli officers and officials around the world," Ms Kirshenbaum said.
A series of arrest warrants for Israeli politicians and military officials have been issued in the last few years, particularly by pro-Palestinian groups in European countries.
The[B] 41-16 vote [/B]brought a storm of protest from local rights groups, including Acri, Btselem, Adalah and the Hotline for Migrant Workers.
[B]"Persecution and attempts at silencing will not stop us. In a democracy, criticism of the government is not only legitimate - it is essential," said a statement from Btselem, one of the organisations named in the decision.[/B]
The Welfare and Social Services Minister, Isaac Herzog, called it a "political witch hunt" suited to "shady regimes" that would damage Israel's international standing, [URL="http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=202367"]the Jerusalem Post reported[/URL].
Israel "must be a light unto the world in terms of freedom of speech and freedom to express beliefs, and reject proposals that have the scent of McCarthyism," Mr Herzog said, referring to the 1950s communist witch hunt led by US Senator Joseph McCarthy.[/quote]
Fucking Lieberman and the Knesset.
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"Persecution and attempts at silencing will not stop us. In a democracy, criticism of the government is not only legitimate - it is essential," said a statement from Btselem, one of the organisations named in the decision.[/quote]
They are war criminals.
[editline]6th January 2011[/editline]
Holy fuck, 41-16?
Fuck you.
What a bunch of utter shit, 'You guys are hurting Israel's name, so we are going to fuck up your funding.'
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[QUOTE=RayDark;27234758]They are war criminals.
[editline]6th January 2011[/editline]
Holy fuck, 41-16?
Fuck you.[/QUOTE]Yeah, I was hoping it'd be a close one but this is one-sided.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;27234774]Yeah, I was hoping it'd be a close one but this one-sided.[/QUOTE]
This is DEFINITE zionism.
Lolz u guyz ar just antisammatic
Christ, didn't think they had that much of a majority. Fuck the right wing and all the assholes who voted them in.
Wait, there's 120 seats in the Knesset, did everyone else just not vote?
[QUOTE=Devodiere;27235318]Wait, there's 120 seats in the Knesset, did everyone else just not vote?[/QUOTE]
It was probably one of those bills they pass late at night so only the minimum number of MPs are present at Parliament / Knesset.
Yisrael Beiteinu is one political party that couldn't get out of Israel fast enough.
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