Despite receiving support for her bill from Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon last month, the legislation appeared to stall on Sunday. Discussion of the bill in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation has been delayed by at least a week. Army Radio reported on Sunday morning that State Attorney Shai Nitzan has recommended the government not support the bill.
In a written recommendation revealed by Army Radio on Sunday, Nitzan said the legislation “would harm the right to freedom of expression, and lead artists to shy away from creating different content for fear of losing government support.”
Nitzan added that the bill would create oversight in the field of culture “that is the most severe, more than in welfare, education and religion, and specifically in a domain that places high value of freedom of cultural expression.” Nitzan said such a bill would be difficult to defend to the High Court of Justice, which views art as a “form of expression which requires special protection.”
You can read the rest @
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Regev-attacks-screening-of-controversial-film-as-loyalty-bill-stalls-569376
So ... while people in the US ridicule and even attack the concept of national loyalty, the Israelis want to promote it to heights not seen since the days of Stalin and Mao.
Tell me again - why are we still supporting these people?
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