Nakba Law

Nakba Law
Nakba Law
Knesset
Enacted	2011

"Fundamentals of Finance – Amendment No. 40", sometimes referred to as the Nakba Law, is a 2011 Israeli law which received criticism for limiting freedom of speech pertaining to the founding of Israel and the Nakba. The law affects organizations which are funded, in whole or in part, by the government.^[1]

The law authorizes the Minister of Finance to withhold a limited amount of state funds from any government-funded^[1] institution or body that commemorates "Israel's Independence Day or the day on which the state was established as a day of mourning", or that denies the existence of Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state."

The amount of state funds withheld is related to the amount of money spent on the event, capped at three times the amount of money spent.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Book of Laws - ספר החוקים (PDF) (in Hebrew). Vol. 2286 כ"ד באדר ב' התשע"א, 30.3.2011. Israel: Knesset (published 30 March 2011). 2011. pp. 686–687. ISSN 0334-3030. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2023. This article incorporates a translation of text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[:0-1] Book of Laws - ספר החוקים (PDF) (in Hebrew). Vol. 2286 כ"ד באדר ב' התשע"א, 30.3.2011. Israel: Knesset (published 30 March 2011). 2011. pp. 686–687. ISSN 0334-3030. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2023. This article incorporates a translation of text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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