Ministerial committee approves bill allowing for revocation of citizenship for those encouraging or participating in terror, visiting enemy nation
Tovah Tzimuki, Ynet, 8/1/2007
The government supports a bill that would enable revocation of citizenship of Israeli citizens involved in terror or who visited enemy nations and encouraged terror against Israel.
The bill, which was approved despite the negative recommendation by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, is anticipated to come to a vote Wednesday in the Knesset plenum.
Nonetheless, the government's future support is conditional that MK Gilad Erdan (Likud), who drafted the bill, rewrite the final draft in conjunction with the Justice Ministry and the attorney general.
Currently, revocation of citizenship is under the jurisdiction of the interior minister, but has not been used other than two instances in 2002: Kais Obeid, a Hizbullah leader in Lebanon, and Nihad Abu Kishak, a Tulkarm resident active in Hamas' military wing.
MK Erdan claimed that the disuse of the revocation clause over the years derived from a lack of support from the Justice Ministry and the Attorney General's office, who claim that Israel must act like other Western nations, who oppose revocation of citizenship.
According to the legislation, jurisdiction over revocation of citizenship will be moved to district courts, which will be able to utilize previously unused resources. For example, the court could receive secret testimonies, in cases where security forces explain why such secrecy is necessary.
As aforementioned, the ministerial committee approved passing the bill to the Knesset.
"The legislation would enable the proportional utilization of this clause, which is necessary for protecting the state from those who seek its destruction," Erdan explained.
"Sadly, terrorists and their supporters use all the freedoms and liberties granted them by a democratic nation in order to hurt that nation and its citizens. A democracy defends itself against seekers of its destruction, and, sadly, some of them come from inside. A person cannot be a citizen in the very nation he is trying to destroy," he stressed.
"When the jurisdiction for revocation of citizenship is in the hands of the courts, the responsibility is also in the hands of the courts, and not in the hands of one political figure," Erdan added.
Attorney General Mazuz, on the other hand, called the legislation "a drastic and extreme move that harms civil liberties." He added that international conventions forbid such punishment, unless such a person has alternate citizenship.
*May 12*
940: Sixty-two-year-old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote *Nazm
al-Jauhar*, a history, of what some may consider of dubious accuracy ...
3 comments:
Am citit ca legea s-a aprobat.
Mi se pare destul de just, avind in vedere informatia de mai jos. Cetatenia presupune o loialitate fata de statul al carui cetatean esti.
Shin Bet: Israeli citizens among bombers
UPI 01/08/2007
JERUSALEM, Jan 8, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) -- About one in every seven suicide bombings in Israel has been carried out by terrorists holding Israeli citizenship, a report says.
Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security agency, said 38 of the 272 suicide bombings, about 14 percent, were perpetrated by terrorists who had been granted citizenship to support family reunification -- reunion with family members living in Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported.
The agency disclosed the information in a report to a parliamentary committee which met Monday to discuss extending a temporary law that prevents family reunification of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza with Israeli Arabs, mostly because of security concerns, Haaretz said.
The newspaper said nearly all the members of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, who attended the meeting were critical of the proposed extension.
Am mai citit ca Barak candideaza din nou.
Roy, asta e de bine, sau de rau ?
Sehe,
Nimeni nu stie daca e de bine sau de rau. Chestiunea este daca s-a schimbat sau nu.
Recordul lui Barak ca PM a fost cam slab. Retragerea din Liban a fost organizata dezastruos, a purtat tratative cu Arafat desi coaliztia lui se destramase complet, deci nu avea nici o sansa ca eventualul acord sa fie votat in Knesseth si inca cateva subiecte in care nu are rost sa intru.
Si ca tip de om era considerat cam greu de colaborat cu el si in general greu de suportat.
Cei care il ajuta acum sustzin ca s-a schimbat, dar cine stie?
Un alt fost PM care totusi a aratat o oarecare schimbare este Bibi Netanyahu, care fatza de Barak are plusul ca a activat in perioada post PM ca ministrul de finante al lui Sharon si care in numai 2 ani a reusit sa salveze economia israeliana care la ora actuala prospera datorita lui in buna masura.
Deci, intr-un eventual duel intre el si Barak, Bibi castiga.
Cel care va pierde in alegerile Laborului din mai 2007 este aproape sigur Peretz, care in polluri este in urma lui Barak si Eylon.
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