http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-passes-law-banning-calls-for-boycott-1.372711
Cada vez más arrinconada la democracia israelí.
Todo esto en tiempos donde otro tipo de lindezas han dejado en ridículo a Israel(y a los Estados Unidos), como la prohibición de entrada a GAza para flotillas con ayuda humanitaria, amenazando con usar fuerza militar(recordemos el barco turco).Activistas de la segunda flotilla a Gaza se encierran en la embajada de Espaa en Grecia - ABC.es
O la prohibición de entrada a manifestantes contra el bloqueo: Israel begins deportation ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ pro-Palestinian 'flytilla' activists - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
The Knesset passed Monday a law penalizing persons or organizations that boycott Israel or the settlements, by a vote ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ 47 to 38.
According to the law, a person or an organization calling for the boycott ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ Israel, including the settlements, can be sued by the boycott's targets without having to prove that they sustained damage. The court will then decide how much compensation is to be paid. The second part ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the law says a person or a company that declare a boycott ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ Israel or the settlements will not be able to bid in government tenders.
MK Nitzan Horowitz from Meretz blasted the law, calling it outrageous and shameful. "We are dealing with a legislation that is an embarrassment to Israeli democracy and makes people around the world wonder if there is actually a democracy here," he said. Ilan Gilon, another Meretz MK, said the law would further delegitimize Israel.
Kadima opposition party spokesman said the Netanyahu government is damaging Israel. "Netanyahu has crossed a red line ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ political foolishness today and national irresponsibility, knowing the meaning ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the law and it's severity, while giving in to the extreme right that is taking over the Likkud."
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held discussions with Speaker ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin and MK Elkin. The three discussed whether to have the Knesset vote on the law on Monday, a day after MK Dan Meridor warned that approving the law on the same day ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the Quartet meeting may cause damage to Israel. Before midnight on Sunday the prime minister's office announced there is no reason to delay the vote.
Before the vote, the Knesset's legal adviser, attorney Eyal Yanon, published a legal assessment saying parts ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the law edge towards "illegality and perhaps beyond." He went on to warn that the law "damages the core ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ freedom ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ expression in Israel." Yanon's assessment contradicts that ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, who said the bill is legal.
Peace Now movement announced Monday it opened a Facebook page calling for a boycott ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ products that come from the settlements. On Tuesday it plans to launch a national campaign, with the aim ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ convincing tens ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ thousands ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ people to support the boycott.
Cada vez más arrinconada la democracia israelí.
Todo esto en tiempos donde otro tipo de lindezas han dejado en ridículo a Israel(y a los Estados Unidos), como la prohibición de entrada a GAza para flotillas con ayuda humanitaria, amenazando con usar fuerza militar(recordemos el barco turco).Activistas de la segunda flotilla a Gaza se encierran en la embajada de Espaa en Grecia - ABC.es
O la prohibición de entrada a manifestantes contra el bloqueo: Israel begins deportation ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ pro-Palestinian 'flytilla' activists - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News