‘Breaking the Silence’ bill passed into law
Breaking the Silence lecture
Gil Hoffman writes in The Jerusalem Post:
Left-wing NGOs deemed to be acting against the IDF and delegitimizing Israel will now be prevented from accessing schools and their students, after the Knesset approved the so-called ‘Breaking the Silence law’ early Tuesday morning.
The law, proposed by MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli (Bayit Yehudi), states that organizations delegitimizing the State of Israel, acting against IDF soldiers and the objectives of the Israeli education system, will not be permitted to enter school premises or meet with students.
The law targets Breaking the Silence, an organization made up of former IDF soldiers who report about their negative experiences serving over the Green Line.
“Organizations that undermine Israel and besmirch IDF soldiers will no longer be able to reach Israeli students,” Education Minister Naftali Bennett said. “Breaking the Silence long ago crossed the red lines beyond legitimate discourse when they started libeling Israel in the international arena. As long as they operate against Israel and the IDF abroad, I won’t let them in the education system.”