Ministers delay bill to restrict arms sales to human rights abusers

The Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation postpones the vote on a bill jointly proposed by Likud MK Yehuda Glick and Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg that aims to prevent the sale of weapons and defense technology to human rights violators.

Zandberg first proposed the law last year, but after it floundered in committee, Glick offered to step in and garner support from across the aisle.

Though the vote on the law has been postponed, its supporters aren’t giving up, an aide from Zandberg’s office tells The Times of Israel.

“This proposal is especially required in light of the renewal of fighting in South Sudan and the involvement of Israeli weapons there. As Israelis we cannot close our eyes to what is happening in our name around the world,” Zandberg says.

— Judah Ari Gross