An Israeli Law Created to Incite [View all]

It's still not too late for the coalition's leadership to come to its senses and put a stop to the 'expulsion law.'

Haaretz Editorial
Jul 18, 2016

Last week, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the main elements of the “expulsion law,” which will be brought to the plenum on Tuesday for its second and third reading.

The bill, an amendment to the Basic Law on the Knesset, is meant to enable the ouster of a sitting Knesset member by a vote of 90 out of the 120 MKs. Throughout the committee’s discussions, it was called the “suspension bill,” but before those discussions had ended, committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky admitted that there’s no choice but to call it what it really is: expulsion.

During the discussions, several changes were made in the bill. Inter alia, at least 70 MKs, including at least 10 opposition members, will have to vote to start the expulsion proceedings; in addition, such proceedings cannot be launched during an election campaign. But these changes do nothing to change the bill’s essence, which undermines the heart of the democratic system of government – the right to elect and to be elected.

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