Kol Hai News is reporting on a proposed law.
The law proposed by MK Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) would make it illegal to wave a Palestinian flag, or the flag of any enemy/hostile entity, in Israel.
The vote passed its first reading 54-16 and will be prepared for second and third readings.
The law would make it illegal to fly the flag of any entity hostile to Israel, or any entity that does not allow the Israeli flag to be flown - tit for tat. Violators will be subject to a prison term of up to a year.
I wonder if this includes waving the Palestinian flag in the "occupied territories", over the Green Line, East Jerusalem, and the like. With so many Palestinians living there, are they just going to arrest them all? Will they not be allowed to fly the flag they consider their own?
MK Almog Cohen explains in his proposal that as a democratic country people are allowed to protest any issues they in dispute with the authorities over. Legitimate protest is fine, but waving the flag of a hostile entity that doesnt allow the Israeli flag to be flown is a red line.
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I would assume that Arabs flying the so-called Palestinian flag in areas under Israeli control in Yehuda and Shomron would be arrested but not those in Arab-controlled areas. Otherwise you have the scenario where the Israeli police roll into Ramallah and arrest the entire PA government.
ReplyDeleteThe smart Arab will sew together both 1/2 of an Israeli and 1/2 of a so-called Palestinian flag and wave it, then demand only 1/2 the jail time.
I saw somewhere about a week ago that it only applied to Hamas level flags. Not the Palestinian flag.
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