Following the storm of the Amnesty organization's report, Justice Minister Gideon Saar today (Saturday) approved the regulations to prevent Israel from being harmed by a boycott, after receiving a request during the week regarding Finance Minister Lieberman. Benefits from a person who is found to have issued a call for a boycott of the State of Israel or a person who participates in a boycott of it.
"After examining the matter, the Minister of Justice expressed his consent. The regulations are subject to the approval of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee," he was quoted as saying.
Minister Gideon Saar said that "the State of Israel must fight the foolish attempts to boycott it, which are part of a broader process of attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state."
Minister of Finance Avigdor Lieberman (Archive), Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Following the signing of the regulations and their approval by the Knesset's Law, Constitution and Justice Committee, Finance Minister Lieberman intends to order an examination of Amnesty Organization's actions in accordance with the mechanisms proposed in the regulations in order to impose on the organization the statutory restrictions.
Earlier this week, Amnesty International released a special 211-page report defining Israel as an apartheid state that commits war crimes and claims that it has no right to exist as a state in its current form. Michael Litwok, a special letter to the Minister of Finance in which he demanded the immediate denial of the tax benefit, section 46, given to the Israeli branch of Amnesty International.
MK Gideon Saar (Archive) // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon // MK Gideon Saar (Archive),
Shai Glick, CEO of B'Tselem, commented on the Minister of Justice's statement: "I congratulate my friend, Minister Gideon Saar, who immediately signed up.
I'm sure the Constitution Committee will convene later this week and sign regulations.
The struggle against the boycott is not a political struggle but a matter of human rights. "
Gilad Ach, CEO of the organization "Up to Here", responded: "Israel is under unprecedented attack on its right to exist because of the activities of de-legitimization organizations and this is an important step in the fight against them.
At the same time, it is a drop in the ocean and every effort must be made to stop their activities immediately and outlaw them.
"This new anti-Semitism must be fought with all our might."
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