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Sunday, June 11, 2023
Ministers approve bill that would criminalize incitement against Haredim
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Illustrative: Thousands of haredim holding a prayer rally in Jerusalem's Shabbat Square in opposition of the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service on June 25, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation votes to back a bill that would criminalize incitement against ultra-Orthodox Jews, as part of Israel’s anti-racism law.
United Torah Judaism lawmaker MK Yaakov Asher, who sponsored the bill, says “the time has come to draw a red line against dangerous and rampant incitement against the Haredi public.”
“The bill will enable extracting a price from instigators and will clarify that Haredi citizens’ blood is not cheap,” Asher adds.
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