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.

  • raicon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    2 hours ago

    This whole shit about “Right to exist” is extremely absurd.

    Never before, anywhere else on the planet, no other country was ever questioned to have the right to exist.

    Fuck these genocidal colonialists, trying to smooth ambiguous sentences with acceptance for their genocide.

    • arctanthrope@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      2 hours ago

      exactly. does Genovia have a right to exist? that’s the fictional European kingdom from The Princess Diaries. it’s doesn’t exist. but does it have a right to?