AnIsraeli tank in Jenin refugee camp, April 2002

Hadash: “Jenin, Jenin” Law is Dangerous and Anti-Democratic

The “Jenin, Jenin Amendment” passed a preliminary vote last week in the Knesset plenary. Under the proposed legislation, “defamation against the operational activities of IDF soldiers” would constitute grounds for combat soldiers to pursue civil lawsuits. According to Hadash “The Jenin, Jenin Law is dangerous and anti-democratic and the proposed amendment to public defamation law…