Summary
IDF Order No. 101 for the West Bank, signed by Uzi Narkis on 27 August 1967 and in force from that day, as amended through 1995: a permit regime for assemblies, vigils, processions, flags and political symbols and for printing political material, with offenses of incitement and support of a hostile organization, censorship powers, and a penalty of ten years’ imprisonment or ten thousand liras, or both (Order Regarding Prohibition of Incitement and Hostile Propaganda Actions (Order No. 101, 1967), PDF p.1-3).
Details
- Definitions (PDF p.1): assembly, vigil and procession each require ten or more persons and a purpose that is political or may be construed as political; publication and published are defined to cover any document intended for publication and any means of providing it to any person.
- Permits and licenses (PDF p.2): no procession, assembly or vigil without a military commander’s permit (section 3); no holding, waving, displaying or affixing flags or political symbols except by permit (section 5); no printing or publicizing material having a political significance without a prior license from the military commander of the place (section 6).
- Closure and censorship (PDF p.2-3): a military commander may order a café, club or other public gathering place closed, and any person in a closed place is deemed to have violated the order (section 4); a military commander and his delegate have all the censor’s powers under the Defense (Emergency) Regulations, 1945 (section 8).
- Incitement (PDF p.2): attempting, orally or otherwise, to influence public opinion in the region in a manner liable to harm public safety or public order, or any act or possession of an object with intent to facilitate such an attempt, is a violation (section 7).
- Support of a hostile organization (PDF p.2): publishing praise, sympathy or support for a hostile organization, its actions or objectives, or an act revealing identification or sympathy — flag, symbol, slogan or hymn among them — in a public place or where persons in a public place can see or hear it, is a violation (section 7A).
- Enforcement and penalty (PDF p.3): every soldier may use the degree of force necessary to carry out a command under the Order or prevent its violation (section 9); organizing, calling for, instigating, encouraging or participating in an unpermitted gathering, and any other violation, is liable to imprisonment for ten years or a fine of ten thousand liras, or both (section 10).
- Name and number (PDF p.1, p.3): the heading gives Order No. 101; section 12 as printed names it (No. 1010). Both are kept, unresolved in the file.
Related pages
Order Regarding Prohibition of Incitement and Hostile Propaganda Actions (Order No. 101, 1967), Israel Defense Forces, West Bank, British Emergency Regulations