Tag: Legislation
Alaska bill to increase penalty for vandalism at houses of worship
Efforts to chill the rise of antisemitism in Alaska have resulted in intensified penalties for criminals who target synagogues, churches, mosques and other religious locations.
On Tuesday, the state’s Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed into law House Bill 238 during...
UK politician criticized for using anti-Nazi poem to oppose smoking ban
British parliament member Esther McVey met with immediate pushback late last week after sharing lines on social media from a poem by Martin Niemöller titled “First They Came,” including the line “then they came for the Jews,” in...
South Dakota, North Carolina implement bills defining antisemitism
Measures utilizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism to guide government workers in assessing Jew-hate have become law in North Carolina and South Dakota.
“I am very proud of this historic legislation that will...
Rep. Lawler addresses 600 graduates of Touro, accepts honorary degree
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), who introduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act into Congress, received an honorary degree from Touro University at its 50th annual commencement.
The congressman addressed the nearly 600 graduates and their families at the 50th...
Knesset advances bill designating UNRWA as a terrorist organization
Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday passed in preliminary reading a bill designating the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as a terrorist organization.
The draft legislation, initiated by Yisrael Beiteinu lawmaker Yulia Malinovsky, would require Jerusalem to...
Australia criminalizes public ‘Sieg Heil’ salutes, displays of Nazi symbols
The parliament of Australia has passed a new law making it illegal to promote iconography associated with the Third Reich.
The bill, called the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment, received unanimous support on Wednesday.
Mark Alfred Dreyfus, the attorney general...
Knesset set to vote on judicial reform bill
The Knesset will vote Monday evening on a bill to restrict the use of the "reasonableness" standard by the Supreme Court.
The Knesset debate on the amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary is scheduled for...
Knesset pushes bill to criminalize incitement against ultra-Orthodox
Israel's parliament on Wednesday voted (54 to 34) to advance a bill seeking to amend Israel's Penal Law to make it a criminal offense to incite against haredim, or ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Sponsoring the bill were Knesset...
New York bill aims to stop funding of ‘Israeli settler violence’
A new law has been introduced into New York’s state legislature with the goal of preventing tax-deductible donations from supporting Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank.
The “Not on our dime!:...
New UK bill to prevent government councils from boycotting Israel
A new bill soon to be introduced is set to deal a blow against the BDS movement in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Communities Secretary Michael Gove will introduce legislation to prevent councils in the United...