In its sitting on Wednesday, the Knesset Plenum approved in preliminary reading a proposed amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment—Revoking Right to Standing from Remunerator of Terrorism), sponsored by MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism).
In the vote, 52 Members of the Knesset supported the bill, versus 23 who opposed it. The bill will be turned over to the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee for deliberation.
It is proposed to stipulate that a remunerator of terrorism (i.e., a party transferring funds due to an act of terrorism for the benefit of the perpetrator of the act of terrorism or his representative), or anyone acting on its behalf, will not be able to petition the High Court of Justice, said the press release of the Knesset.
The explanatory notes to the bill state explains: “The purpose of the bill is to correct an anomaly, according to which parties that are hostile towards the State of Israel, including those who work directly and avowedly to harm its citizens through acts of terrorism, are considered to have a right to standing in the High Court of Justice when petitioning against the policy of the Government of Israel.
“The bill is presented against the backdrop of a petition submitted by the Palestinian Authority that is now being heard (HC 4395/24), within which the PA seeks to repeal a law dealing with compensation to families of Israeli victims of terrorism from PA funds. In other words, in the current situation, legal relief could be given to a party that directly encourages terrorism against Israel’s citizens, and even pays salaries to terrorists who have murdered Israelis. Besides the absurdity pertaining specifically to this petition (which seeks to repeal a law that has been lawfully passed, and is designed to limit the encouragement of acts of terrorism against Israel’s citizens)—it illustrates an intolerable distortion in the regime.“
Another very important step in the fight against terrorism and against the rule of the unelected elites of the ‘deep state’. A step towards more democracy and resilience.
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