Germany’s Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, backed a bill to criminalize the denial of Israel’s right to exist on Friday, a motion that constitutional experts said could jeopardize freedom of expression.

According to the bill, anyone denying Israel’s right to exist or calling for its abolition would be punished with a prison sentence of up to five years under the regulation. The bill will be examined by the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, after its summer recess.

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    3 days ago

    This whole shit about “Right to exist” is extremely absurd.

    Never before, anywhere else on the planet, no other country was ever questioned to have the right to exist.

    Fuck these genocidal colonialists, trying to smooth ambiguous sentences with acceptance for their genocide.

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      20 hours ago

      Never before, anywhere else on the planet, no other country was ever questioned to have the right to exist.

      Even right now Russia questions Ukraine’s right to exist, US questions Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba and Greenland’s right to exist. Britain has in living memory questioned Ireland’s right to exist.

      Israel absolutely has a right to exist and it’s fine that’s put to law.

      Palestine ALSO has a right to exist and it should also be put to law.

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      3 days ago

      exactly. does Genovia have a right to exist? that’s the fictional European kingdom from The Princess Diaries. it’s doesn’t exist. but does it have a right to?