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STUDY GUIDES: Israeli Law Israeli Military Orders International Law International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Wall

Background
Principles

HOW THE BASIC CATEGORIES OF LAWS WORK TO VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS:

  • III. LAWS & OTHER MEASURES SUPPRESSING REBELLION - one set of laws by which the Israeli government suppresses Palestinian rebellion against discrimination in Israel ...
Point to be
Examined
    • 1. Inhibiting Free Speech and Freedom of Association for Non-Profit Organizations.
Details
Requested
      • B. Non-Profit Organizations are required to make available their membership lists (which includes contact info for all members) to all members (which could include government intelligence officers), and they also face being dissolved by the government if they “threaten the existence of the State of Israel”. Some say this can be interpreted to include the identity of the State of Israel as a Jewish State, or to include support for pro-Palestine organizations that can be labeled as terrorist groups or supporting terrorism (“Amutot Law” (1980)) --
         
        AMUTOT LAW, 5740-1980
        (passed by the Knesset on the 15th Av, 5740 (28th July, 1980))
        Restrictions as
        to registration
        of amuta.        		 3. An amuta shall not be registered if any of its objects negates the existence or democratic character of the State of Israel or if there are reasonable grounds for concluding that the amuta will be used as a cover for illegal activities.
        Register of
        members.        		 18. An amuta shall keep a register of members in which every member, his address and identity number and the dates of the commencement and termination of his membership shall be recorded.
        Register of
        Board
        Members.        		 29. An amuta shall keep a register of board members in which the name, address and identity number and the dates of commencement and termination of service of each member shall be recorded.
        Inspection. 39.
        • (a) The register of members and the register of board members, the minutes of the general meetings and the financial reports submitted to the general meeting shall at any reasonable time be open for inspection by all the members of the amuta.

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(C) Israel Law Resource Center, February, 2007.

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