Kol Hai News is reporting on a proposed law.
The law proposed by MK Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) would make it illegal to wave a Palestinian flag, or the flag of any enemy/hostile entity, in Israel.
The vote passed its first reading 54-16 and will be prepared for second and third readings.
The law would make it illegal to fly the flag of any entity hostile to Israel, or any entity that does not allow the Israeli flag to be flown - tit for tat. Violators will be subject to a prison term of up to a year.
I wonder if this includes waving the Palestinian flag in the "occupied territories", over the Green Line, East Jerusalem, and the like. With so many Palestinians living there, are they just going to arrest them all? Will they not be allowed to fly the flag they consider their own?
MK Almog Cohen explains in his proposal that as a democratic country people are allowed to protest any issues they in dispute with the authorities over. Legitimate protest is fine, but waving the flag of a hostile entity that doesnt allow the Israeli flag to be flown is a red line.
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