Christians could face one year prison sentence for encouraging conversion to their faith, according to a new controversial legislation being introduced in Israel. The legislation which is being proposed by ultra-Orthodox members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition would also proscribe Christians from engaging in religious discussion with Jews.
Titled Proposed Penal Law: Amendment – Prohibition of Solicitation for Religious Conversion – 2023, the legislation is introduced by United Torah Judaism’s Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher. The law would apply to anyone who would attempt to persuade someone to change their religious beliefs, however the legislation specifically mentions the Christian faith, saying that “recently, the attempts of missionary groups, mainly Christians, to solicit conversion of religion have increased.”
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I did expect everyone to jokingly approve of this, but I’m still disappointed.
Israel sucks but so do Christian missionaries. I would specify all missionaries but it’s not like I have to listen to Jainists yell into megaphones on the street. The one time I was approached by some Hare Krishna weirdo I was frankly delighted for the change of pace
You have to consider how this is going to be used and abused and how it’s probably just one more step on the way to creating a state with enforced ethnicity and faith. Just talking about the nature of the divine between a Christian and a Jew could be criminalized by this. And how handy would it be for Israelis to be able to claim that their Arab neighbor tried to convert them?
I approve of this for that reason, in an accelerationist sort of way. If they go mask-off fascist even against Christians, they’re alienating a huge part of their base of supporters here in the US. Which is bad for Israel, which is a good thing.
:this: there is 0 chance the reasoning behind the bill doesn’t involve justifying their genocide further
Dunking on Christianity (and Abrahamic religions in general) is alway morally correct
As if they need a reason. When has Israel ever followed their own laws regarding Palestinians?
