MK Yaakov Litzman of UTJ today submitted a private Knesset Member’s bill that would expand the laws on racism to include the “ostracizing” of chareidim. Such laws exist today for other groups, and Litzman’s proposal would expand the law to include chareidi Yidden.
The penalty for violating the law could be as much as ten years in prison. In addition, if the offender achieved a material benefit as a result of their actions, that benefit could be taken away. In an explanatory note, Litzman said that the formation of the current government was carried out specifically to exclude chareidi parties, and thus excluded a significant portion of the country’s population from representation in the government. Many hurtful things were said and done during and after the election, he wrote, and many of those wounds are still open.
Litzman said that the law was not aimed at guaranteeing a place for chareidim in every government. Negotiations can bring about specific decisions that may or may not enable parties such as UTJ or Shas to join a government. “With that, the ostracizing in advance of a whole group, only because they are chareidi, dressed in beards and peyos – as occurred in the formation of this government – is a serious phenomenon that we as a society cannot accept. The best way to prevent a repeat of this is through legislation,” he wrote.
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They should wear ostraciszism with pride
This is getting a little foolish
Israel needs few laws to ensure we “get along”. We have Torah.
Main ideas of a new treason on the jewish people is likely to be a treason itself.
We, too, should try hard to avoid shunning other Jews.
Unfortunately, you can’t just legislate respect or human decency.