Tikvah
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February 18, 2016

The Knesset Has Every Right to Suspend Unruly Members

Refuting the latest canard about Israeli democracy.

Two weeks ago, three Arab members of Israel’s legislature visited the families of terrorists killed while carrying out deadly attacks and praised the killers as martyrs. The Knesset’s ethics committee temporarily suspended the three as a result. Now the Knesset is considering constitutional changes to streamline the procedure for such suspensions, prompting cries that Israeli democracy is being fatally undermined. Eylon Aslan-Levy responds:

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