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France Proposes Bill to Punish Critics of Israel With Prison Time & Massive Fines

Posted by EU Times on Nov 4th, 2023 // No Comment

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This is insane…. a law to ban the criticism of one single country? Not only this is a violation of free speech rights but ok…. maybe a law to ban criticism of ALL countries would be more normal and logical. This is simply insane and unacceptable.

Members of the French Senate have introduced a bill to criminalize criticism of the state of Israel punishable by up to 5 years in prison and hefty fines.

16 French Senators proposed a law that seeks to punish critics of Israel with three tiers of prison time and fines up to 100,000 euros.

The tiers are as follows:

Those who contest the existence of the State of Israel by one of the means set out in Article 23 shall be punished by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.

Insult committed against the State of Israel, by any of the means set out in Article 23, shall be punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

Those who, by the same means, have directly provoked hatred or violence against the State of Israel shall be punished by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros.

Article 23 of the bill outlines a long list of means of criticizing the state of Israel.

…by speeches, shouts or threats made in public places or meetings, or by writings, prints, drawings, engravings, paintings, emblems, images or any other written medium, speech or image, sold or distributed, offered for sale or exhibited in public places or meetings

Senator Stephane Le Rudulier claimed Friday that the bill was necessary because “anti-Zionism” is linked to the increase in anti-Semitism.

The anti-democratic proposal was widely panned on social media.

Astonishing. What happened to the much-talked about French liberalism?

France last month banned pro-Palestine protests “because they are likely to generate disturbances to the public order,” according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

Paris also announced it would arrest pro-Palestine activist organizers and deport “trouble makers.”

No group, state, organization or individual should be immune from criticism in a truly free society.

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