[News] Israel approves 'deportation law' targeting families of Palestinians behind resistance operations

[Anti-Imperialist News]

 Israel approves 'deportation law' targeting families of Palestinians
behind resistance operations

Relatives can also be deported for 'expressing support' for the operations
or 'not taking necessary measures to prevent them'

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

NOV 7, 2024 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-approves-deportation-law-targeting-families-of-palestinians-behind-resistance-operations
(Photo Credit: Ilia Yefimovich/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

The Israeli Knesset on 6 November voted 61-41 to give final approval
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/7/israeli-parliament-passes-law-to-deport-relatives-of-terrorists>
to a law that allows authorities to deport family members of Palestinians
who carry out armed operations <https://thecradle.co/articles-id/27117>
against Israelis to the Gaza Strip and "other locations."

The controversial law, proposed by Likud lawmaker Hanoch Milwidsky, states
that relatives living in occupied East Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied
territories may be deported by the Interior Minister to Gaza "or another
destination determined by the circumstances" if they “knew in advance of
the terrorist's plan and did not take necessary measures to prevent it.”

Parents, siblings, children, and spouses of the so-called “terrorists”
would be targeted by the law. They can also be deported on the basis of
expressing "support or sympathy" for the act of "terrorism" committed or
for publishing  “praise, admiration, or encouragement.”

“Israeli citizens who meet the criteria will be deported for at least seven
years and up to 15 years. Non-citizen deportees will face a minimum of 10
years and up to 20 years. Additionally, the police will have the authority
to enforce deportations, ‘including the power to enter any premises, remove
individuals, and use reasonable force,'" reports Israeli daily *Haaretz*
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-07/ty-article/.premium/knesset-passes-law-to-deport-relatives-of-terrorist-for-up-to-20-years/00000193-057f-d599-a7f7-0f7f043d0000>
.

The approved law includes a provision that allows children convicted of
capital offenses considered as “terrorism” to be sentenced to prison from
the age of 12.

Palestinian resistance operations in Israeli cities have significantly
surged since the start of the genocide in Gaza last year. In early October,
seven Israelis were killed and 16 others injured during a shooting
operation in the heart of Tel Aviv.

The deportation law comes on the heels of a draft law approved by the
Knesset that gives the education ministry permission to order the
prevention of the transfer of budgets to schools on the grounds that a
"terrorist act" could be taking place.

This law specifically targets Palestinian schools in occupied East
Jerusalem, claiming they "incite minors against the state of Israel".

Last month, the Knesset passed
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/28/israel-parliament-approves-bill-to-ban-unrwa>
two laws banning the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from
operating inside Israel, Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and occupied east
Jerusalem.
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