The Knesset on Tuesday night passed legislation disqualifying a candidate from running in parliamentary election if he or she denies Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state or endorses any armed struggle against it.
According to a press release issued by the Knesset media office the new basic law disqualifying any candidate denying Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state inciting to racism and supporting the armed struggle of terror organization or an enemy state.
The law clarifies that the conditions for disqualifying a candidate include his words and not just his deeds.
The bill on the matter was voted into a basic law after it was supported in its second and third readings by 29 members of the Knesset and opposed by 20 others.
