🚨Israel has just passed LAWS that will IMPRISON any Israeli citizen that questions the Government’s version of October 7th

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See how that works? Once people think for themselves & reject Government Propaganda/Lies then they are forced to OUTLAW anything that doesn't fit their Narrative just like the Jewish Fable of the HOLOCAUST. SOURCE article below:

The Times of Israel
Knesset passes law mandating five years in jail for denial of October 7 massacre- January 21st 2025
Modeled after 1986 law banning Holocaust denial, legislation requires five-year prison term for denying the atrocities ‘with the intention of defending or identifying with Hamas’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-passes-law-banning-denial-of-october-7-massacre/

A law criminalizing the denial, minimization or celebration of the Hamas terror group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel passed its third and final reading 16-0 in the Knesset plenum on Tuesday.

The legislation, sponsored by Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer, is modeled after a 1986 law prohibiting Holocaust denial. “Anyone who says or writes things denying the October 7 massacre with the intention of defending the terrorist organization Hamas and its partners, expressing sympathy for them, or identifying with them, will be sentenced to five years in jail,” it states.

On October 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas-led terrorists burst across the border into Israel, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages, while committing many acts of brutality and sexual assault.

Statements made “in good faith or for a legitimate purpose,” such as during research or to provide information as part of a legal proceeding, are not considered criminal activity under the law.

“The State of Israel today said in a loud and clear voice: The denial of the atrocities of October 7 will not pass in silence, neither in the Knesset, nor on the street, nor in the world. Anyone who tries to deny Hamas’s heinous crimes is an active partner in spreading lies and incitement that undermine the foundations of our society,” Forer said following the law’s passage.

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“In an era where lies are spread at the speed of light on social media and in the international arena, this law is a bulwark. Not only for the memory of the murdered and the honor of the survivors, but for the sake of future generations who will remember the truth, and not the lies that try to obscure it.”

The law has raised questions both regarding free speech and its potential impact on October 7-related criminal cases.

Army Radio’s Tamar Shunami reported in early 2024 that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara had come out against the legislation because trials brought under the proposed law could complicate the prosecution and trials of Hamas members by requiring the “disclosure of evidence that will disrupt” the ongoing legal process.

While the proposal was coming only months after the October 7 attack, Holocaust memory laws around the world were only passed years after the European genocide when “a clear historical determination of the crimes had already been created,” Baharav-Miara wrote.

The massacre denial law has raised concerns among some human rights advocates over its potential impact on free speech, especially given the large number of police investigations and indictments against Arab Israeli citizens on charges of incitement and identifying with terrorist groups following the beginning of the war in Gaza.

“The criminalization of expressions should be preserved for extreme circumstances where there is a real and imminent threat, such as incitement to violence,” the Association for Civil Rights in Israel’s Gil Gan-Mor told The Times of Israel last year. “The denial of the massacre is regrettable and flagrant, but it is not one of those extreme cases.”

Because the law is “formulated in an ambiguous manner,” it will be hard to predict how it will be enforced, creating “a chilling effect on freedom of expression,” argued Gan-Mor, who heads ACRI’s Civil and Social Rights units.

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