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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

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25. It seems as if you're unaware of the reason for creating this law:

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #22)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 09:42 PM

Jul 2016

Netanyahu wants law to suspend MPs after visit to attackers' families
Source: Middle East Eye, 7 February 2016

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would advance legislation enabling the suspension of parliamentarians for "inappropriate conduct" after Palestinian MPs met relatives of Palestinians killed while attacking Israelis.

"In a meeting with heads of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on formulating a bill that would enable the Knesset (parliament) to suspend a member over inappropriate conduct," a statement read.

Such a suspension would need the approval of 90 out of the parliament's 120 members.

Netanyahu's declaration came after three Palestinian Israeli lawmakers visited relatives of Palestinians killed after attacking Israelis, drawing harsh condemnation from most of the political establishment.

Basel Ghattas, Jamal Zahalka and Hanin Zoabi of the Balad party attended a meeting initiated by a Palestinian committee seeking to retrieve the bodies of attackers killed by Israeli security forces.

Read more: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-wants-law-suspend-mps-after-visit-attackers-families-2056937220

Of course, this is all baloney, as Jewish politicians do the same thing - for example, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met with the mother of a Jewish terrorist, but nobody is calling for her removal. (http://972mag.com/jewish-politicians-meet-with-terrorist-families-too/116779/) And then we have MK Bezalel Smotric who think that there's no such thing as Jewish terrorists. (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.691124) No laws are created to suspend him.

The Arab MKs visited the families of terrorists who were subjected to collective punishment, they didn't support terrorism in any way. What they did was morally right, and if Israel subjected the families of Jewish terrorists to the same unfair treatment, it would be justified to support those families too.

If incitement to terrorism is indeed against the law, why are Ayelet Shaked and Bezalel Smotric still in the Knesset and not in prison?

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Here comes that same old feeling...Next step will be suspending and arresting the Judiciary. Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #1

Yes. That is likely to happen soon. 6chars Jul 2016 #2

It will be completed by the opening of camps to "shelter" those arrested for violating the new laws Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #3

What's so objectionable here? FBaggins Jul 2016 #4

There is nothing objectionable leftynyc Jul 2016 #5

There is no one in the Knesset who could possibly deserve expulsion. n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #6

Is that is a statement leftynyc Jul 2016 #19

Supporters of Hamas & Hezbollah deserve expulsion from the Knesset shira Jul 2016 #28

she has as much right to be there as Kahane 6chars Jul 2016 #29

Exactly, meaning not at all. n/t shira Jul 2016 #30

Do you have have any examples of those "democratic legislative bodies"? Little Tich Jul 2016 #8

Have you ever heard of the United States? FBaggins Jul 2016 #9

Do you have any names of those who've been suspended under that law? n/t Little Tich Jul 2016 #12

There were quite a few at the start of the Civil War FBaggins Jul 2016 #13

Most of those expelled were Southern sympathizers, Little Tich Jul 2016 #17

One could easily argue that "southern sympathizers" were ejected for their poltical views FBaggins Jul 2016 #21

Are you actually arguing that the reason Israel has this law is because it's more democratic than Little Tich Jul 2016 #24

Israel has this law because it's wrong to support terror/murder of innocent Jews... shira Jul 2016 #27

From what I understand, Israel is the only democratic country with a law allowing for permanently Little Tich Jul 2016 #7

As usual, your "understanding" has a great deal of... creativity... in it. FBaggins Jul 2016 #10

Apparently Geoffrey Robinson was suspended from the UK parliament for three weeks, but that's not Little Tich Jul 2016 #15

Was that supposed to be logical? FBaggins Jul 2016 #16

It seems as if our disagreement stems from a misunderstanding. Little Tich Jul 2016 #18

It has been clear from the start that there was a significant misunderstanding FBaggins Jul 2016 #22

It seems as if you're unaware of the reason for creating this law: Little Tich Jul 2016 #25

Ayelet Shaked calls for the death penalty for Jewish terrorists murdering Arabs shira Jul 2016 #26

So what do you think was the purpose of Shaked's visit to the mother of a terrorist? Little Tich Jul 2016 #31

You're pretending Balad MK supporters of terror did the "right thing", why? shira Jul 2016 #32

The article implies that Shaked isn't actually calling for the death penalty for jewish terrorists, Little Tich Jul 2016 #33

There you go again, pretending the Balad MK's don't support terrorists (see post #28 above) shira Jul 2016 #34

How do yoiu feel about their banning of Kahane? 6chars Jul 2016 #11

Kahane banned? When? Why? Little Tich Jul 2016 #14

(1994) Israel Bans Kach, Kahane Chai Citing Them As Terrorist Groups shira Jul 2016 #20

I knew about that, but I thought that there was another ban that was related to the OP. n/t Little Tich Jul 2016 #23

New Israeli law seeks to expel ‘misbehaved’ Arab parliamentarians Israeli Jul 2016 #35