Summary
Basic Law: The Knesset (1958), Section 7A of which bars candidate lists on stated grounds, in a Description-only entry in Discriminatory Laws Database (lines 2726-2765).
Details
- The 1985 amendment added Section 7(A) barring lists denying the existence of Israel as the state of the Jewish people, denying the democratic nature of the state, or inciting racism; 2002 amendments changed the first ground to denial of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and added support for armed struggle by a hostile state or terrorist organization (lines 2738-2748).
- Amendment No. 39 (2008) denies candidacy to an individual who visited Arab and/or Muslim states defined as enemy states without the Interior Minister’s prior permission (lines 2750-2756).
Related pages
Discriminatory Laws Database, Adalah, Knesset, Law of Political Parties — Amendment No. 12, 2002