Constitutional experts warn the bill could jeopardize freedom of expression: anyone denying Israel's right to exist or calling for its abolition could be punished by up to five years in prison; Germany's lower house of parliament will examine the bill after the summer recess

Germany’s Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, backed a bill to criminalize the denial of Israel’s right to exist on Friday, a motion that constitutional experts said could jeopardize freedom of expression.

According to the bill, anyone denying Israel’s right to exist or calling for its abolition would be punished with a prison sentence of up to five years under the regulation. The bill will be examined by the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, after its summer recess.

  • mysteryhumpf@feddit.orgEnglish
    751·
    4 days ago

    So you also don’t recognize Palestine because of the atrocities of October 7th? I think there should be protection for both states and for all human beings living there.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      321·
      4 days ago

      It’s so interesting that Palestine as a whole is responsible for a terrorist attack, but the Israeli government spending decades stealing Palestinian land and currently enacting a genocide is blameless. I’m sure that has nothing to do with racism.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        It’s both. Hamas enjoys broad support by Palestinians. We have to recognize the reality. Before you jump on me with your narrative about the noble liberator hold that thought for a second. Right now they both are guilty of comitting attrocities. The difference is the US gives endless money to Irael so they have the upper hand. But dont be naive in thinking the Palestinians are eager for a two state solution. There wont be peace in this region for a very long time until either side is willing to come to the table in good faith.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          3 days ago

          But dont be naive in thinking the Palestinians are eager for a two state solution

          Why should they be or even need to be eager to legitimize the settler colonial state that has been killing their families and stealing their homes for nearly a century? A two state solution isn’t the only peaceful solution. One state where Palestinians actually have rights and control over their own governance doesn’t break the laws of physics, people have just decided (based on religious beliefs) that European Jewish people have more right to control the land there than people whose ancestors have lived there for thousands of years.

          But people love their Abrahamic religious ethnostates and are propagandized as hell, so I don’t expect people to accept any of that any time soon.

          • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            I agree with you. I just think there’s too much friction on both sides because let’s be real… these grudges are not going away. The Israeli think of Palestinians as inhuman suicide bombers and the Palestinians are rightfully bitter about being displaced…

            This conflict will not have a positive resolution I’m afraid.

    • MartianRecon@lemmus.orgEnglish
      121·
      4 days ago

      You mean Israel gunning down their own people because of the Sampson Doctrine or whatever the fuck it’s called? People who are being violently oppressed are going to violently resist oppression. That’s how this shit works.

    • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
      91·
      4 days ago

      I think there should be protection for both states and for all human beings living there.

      Cool. How do you proposing twisting the arm of the fucking apartheid regime that is currently engaging in genocide to get it to comply with that aspiration? Really open to suggestions.