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A draft Israeli bill proposes to ban filming of soldiers and jail offenders for up to 5 years. Here are some videos that would qualify as an offense under the proposed ban, slammed as an attempt to hide abuse of Palestinians.
The controversial legislation states that anyone who “filmed,
photographed, and/or recorded soldiers in the course of their duties,
with the intention of undermining the spirit of IDF soldiers and
residents of Israel, shall be liable to five years imprisonment,” according to reports in Hebrew-language media earlier in May.
The document, which critics see as a new way of silencing criticism of the Israeli army, says that the country “has witnessed a worrying phenomenon of documentation of IDF soldiers” in recent years. It accuses human rights groups such as B’Tselem, Machsom Watch Women, and Breaking the Silence of waiting patiently for any IDF activity “that can be presented in biased and tendentious form.”
The Knesset member behind the bill, Robert Ilatov, insists that Israel has “a responsibility to provide IDF soldiers with optimal conditions for carrying out their duties.”
The legislation was proposed amid worldwide condemnation of the IDF’s use of lethal force during the Palestinian ‘Great March of Return’ protests, which saw at least 119 people killed since the end of March. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) called the bill a “serious breach” of freedom of media and expression. It insisted that if IDF troops have nothing to hide, “there is no harm in documenting their actions against Palestinians.”
“Israel is manipulating its so-called democratic legal system to provide cover for its war crimes and to shield its soldiers from any kind of judicial accountability, thereby providing them with full impunity at the expense of the Palestinian people, who are brutalized and terrorized on a daily basis,” the PLO statement reads.
Fears that the bill would consolidate the impunity of IDF personnel may not be groundless, as rights groups often accuse Israeli forces of human rights violations, including the killing of unarmed Palestinians. Violence has escalated recently after US President Donald Trump’s decision to move the country’s embassy to Jerusalem.
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See also: IDF have ‘enough bullets for everyone’ – Senior MK from Israeli ruling party after Gaza violence
A draft Israeli bill proposes to ban filming of soldiers and jail offenders for up to 5 years. Here are some videos that would qualify as an offense under the proposed ban, slammed as an attempt to hide abuse of Palestinians.
The document, which critics see as a new way of silencing criticism of the Israeli army, says that the country “has witnessed a worrying phenomenon of documentation of IDF soldiers” in recent years. It accuses human rights groups such as B’Tselem, Machsom Watch Women, and Breaking the Silence of waiting patiently for any IDF activity “that can be presented in biased and tendentious form.”
The Knesset member behind the bill, Robert Ilatov, insists that Israel has “a responsibility to provide IDF soldiers with optimal conditions for carrying out their duties.”
The legislation was proposed amid worldwide condemnation of the IDF’s use of lethal force during the Palestinian ‘Great March of Return’ protests, which saw at least 119 people killed since the end of March. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) called the bill a “serious breach” of freedom of media and expression. It insisted that if IDF troops have nothing to hide, “there is no harm in documenting their actions against Palestinians.”
“Israel is manipulating its so-called democratic legal system to provide cover for its war crimes and to shield its soldiers from any kind of judicial accountability, thereby providing them with full impunity at the expense of the Palestinian people, who are brutalized and terrorized on a daily basis,” the PLO statement reads.
Fears that the bill would consolidate the impunity of IDF personnel may not be groundless, as rights groups often accuse Israeli forces of human rights violations, including the killing of unarmed Palestinians. Violence has escalated recently after US President Donald Trump’s decision to move the country’s embassy to Jerusalem.
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See also: IDF have ‘enough bullets for everyone’ – Senior MK from Israeli ruling party after Gaza violence
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