Ministers delay debate on bill seeking to jail Israeli boycott activists

21 October 2018, 4:14 pm

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The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approves a two-week delay on debating legislation that would jail Israelis who actively support a boycott of the country or its products.

A senior committee member told the Haaretz newspaper earlier Sunday that the legislation sponsored by Likud backbencher Anat Berko harms Israel’s interest and “will not pass.”

The bill would legislate a jail term of seven years for anyone who “takes an active part in the movement to boycott Israel or its products.”

The bill uses vague language about which national interests it will apply to and could enable the inclusion of West Bank settlements and their products, Haaretz reported, citing sources close to Berko.