Germany’s Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, backed a bill to criminalize the denial of Israel’s right to exist on Friday, a motion that constitutional experts said could jeopardize freedom of expression.

According to the bill, anyone denying Israel’s right to exist or calling for its abolition would be punished with a prison sentence of up to five years under the regulation. The bill will be examined by the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, after its summer recess.

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    If denying it isn’t allowed just question it instead.
    This should lead to the same sort of discussions about that topic.

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      Why only reactionary cunts use sea lioning? why when certain ideas are illegal to say, why can we pull a tucker Carson and just ask questions. I am not saying we should do sea lioning, but is it a good idea? maybe, maybe not? I’m just asking questions,

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    i remember seeing a reditor in response to a quran burning in EU write : our freedom of religion starts with freedom from religion . i guess their freedom of speech also starts with freedom from speech