Israeli expulsion law ‘violates all rules of democracy’ - TruePublica
Israeli expulsion law ‘violates all rules of democracy’
By Jonathan Cook – Critics fear the new legislation is designed to empty the Knesset of its Palestinian parties
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, awarded itself a draconian new
power last week: A three-quarters majority of its members can now expel
an elected politician if they do not like his or her views.
According to Adalah, a law centre representing the fifth of Israel’s
population who are Palestinian citizens, the so-called expulsion law has
no parallel in any democratic state. The group noted that it was the
latest in a series of laws designed to strictly circumscribe the rights
of Israel’s Palestinian minority and curb dissent.
Others fear that the measure is designed to empty the Knesset of its Palestinian parties.
