Human Rights Groups Petition High Court To Overthrow 'Nakba Law'

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By Jack Khoury and Jonathan Lis

Adalah, a legal center for Arab minority rights in Israel and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel submitted a petition to the High Court Wednesday to overturn a law barring public funding of entities that "undermine the foundations of the state and contradict its values".

The law, referred to as the "Nakba Law," is specifically directed at Israel's independence day, when some Israeli-Arabs mourn their Arab ancestors who were expelled from their homes.

According to the law, Arab commemoration of this holiday this goes against the Jewish and democratic nature of the state of Israel.

The Nakba Law will allow the minister of finance to fine anyone who marks Israeli Independence Day as a day of mourning or who holds memorial events for the Palestinian Nakba.

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/human-rights-groups-petition-high-court-to-overthrow-nakba-law-1.359802

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