Israeli legislation abounds with
laws and regulations intended to prevent expressions of discrimination and
racism in all walks of life. A major law dealing with that is the Prohibition
of Discrimination in Products, Services and Entry into Places of Entertainment
and Public Places Law – 2000.
The law prohibits providers of
product or public services (such as communication, entertainment, tourism or
banking) as well as providers of services in public places (places open to the
public such as malls, clubs, restaurants or cafes) from discriminating in
providing the public service, the product, or the entrance to the public places
on the grounds of race, religion or religious group, nationality, country of
origin, sex, sexual orientation, political views, party membership, personal
status or parenthood..
> Bill
for Prohibition of Discrimination in Products, Services and Entry into Places
of Entertainment and Public Places – explanation
> The Prohibition of Discrimination
in Products, Services and Entry into Places of Entertainment and Public Places Law – 2000
Among other laws which prohibit
discrimination are the following laws:
The Employment (Equal
Opportunities) Law – 1988, which prohibits the employer from discriminating
between job applicants or employees on the grounds of religion, race,
nationality, country of origin, sex, sexual orientation, etc.
> Read the law
The Cooperative Societies
Ordinance prohibits admission committees from refusing to accept a person to a
community settlement on the grounds of race, religion, sex, nationality,
disability, personal status, parenthood, sexual orientation, country of origin,
political views or party membership
> link to the ordinance
The Students' Rights Law - 2007
prohibits academic institutes from discriminating against applicants or
students due to country of origin of the students or their parents,
socioeconomic status, religion, nationality, sex, or place of residence, in
admission to study at the institution, in admission to any field of study or in
admission to special study tracks.
> Read the law
Additionally, the Penal Law - 1977
forbids spreading propaganda inciting against any part of the population on racial
grounds. Clause 144 of the law states that "If a person publishes anything in
order to incite persecutions, humiliation, contempt, hostility, violence or
controversy towards any sector or parts of the population on the grounds of
color, race or ethnic-national origin" the person commits a criminal
offense and is liable to five years imprisonment.
The Second
Authority for Television and Radio law – 1990, prohibits license holder from broadcasting any
program that includes incitement for racism, discrimination, or actual attack on
a person or a group of people on the grounds of religion, race, nationality,
sex, ethnic origin, or lifestyle.
> Communications Law
(Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982
> The Second Authority for
Television and Radio Law – 1990