Christians could face one year prison sentence for encouraging conversion to their faith, according to a new controversial legislation being introduced in Israel. The legislation which is being proposed by ultra-Orthodox members of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition would also proscribe Christians from engaging in religious discussion with Jews.

Titled Proposed Penal Law: Amendment – Prohibition of Solicitation for Religious Conversion – 2023, the legislation is introduced by United Torah Judaism's Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher. The law would apply to anyone who would attempt to persuade someone to change their religious beliefs, however the legislation specifically mentions the Christian faith, saying that "recently, the attempts of missionary groups, mainly Christians, to solicit conversion of religion have increased."

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  • SteamedHamberder [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    The assumption of "genocide" against Jewish Israelis as the only result of granting Palestinians basic human rights and representation demonstrates a deeply pessimistic view and a lot of projection. Rather than frame it as "abolition of the State of Israel," define the goal as self-determination for all inhabitants of Palestine.

    We can't predict the outcome 100%. There will probably be significant intra-Palestinian power struggles, but this happens with Israeli politics too.

    • mazdak
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      1 year ago

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