Stormy Debate in Knesset on Bill for Preventing Administrative Detention of Settlers

​The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, chaired by a settler in the Palestinian occupied West Bank, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism), on Wednesday, November 6, began to prepare for first reading the Emergency Powers Bill (Detentions) (Amendment—Administrative Detentions for Membership in a Terrorist Organization), 2024, sponsored by Committee Chair. Settles set fire to a number…

Knesset Passes Law on Deporting Terrorists’ Relatives Despite Anti-Constitutional Concerns

The Knesset passed on Thursday, November 7, two more draconian laws that severely violate the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of occupied East Jerusalem. The passage of these two laws—one aimed at expelling family members of individuals defined as “terrorist operatives” under Israeli law and the other targeting Palestinian minors as young as…

Palestinians Convicted of ‘Terror Acts’ Could Be Expelled from East Jerusalem

Israel’s interior minister may soon be able to deport hundreds of Palestinians by cancelling their Israeli citizenship or revoking their residency status in occupied East Jerusalem. The Knesset passed last year legislation allowing for the deportation of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel or Palestinians residents of East Jerusalem if they are convicted of a terror act and have allegedly…

Hadash Slams Anti-Democratic Law to Strip Arab-Palestinians of Citizenship

The Hadash-Ta’al parliamentary faction slams a just-passed law to “strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship or residency if they were paid by the Palestinian Authority.” The payment clause is widely understood to have tailored the bill to apply only to Arab-Palestinian terrorists and to exclude Jewish terrorists from scrutiny. MK Aida Touma-Sliman against “the anti-democratic…