Bipartisan bill doubles penalties for Palestinians convicted of sexual assault or harassment if authorities deem there was a 'nationalistic' motive

Israel’s parliament on Sunday passed a law that has been condemned for allowing Jewish Israelis to have a lesser punishment for rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment than Palestinian citizens.

The “sexual terrorism” law, which was passed by 39 MPs to seven, directly targets Palestinian citizens of Israel who have sexually assaulted or harassed Jewish women if authorities deem the motive as “nationalistic”.

  • DevCat@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Then I guess we’ll see if theory and practice match up. History says otherwise.