Victims of Hostile Action (Pensions) Law (Amendment – Hate Crimes) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק התגמולים לנפגעי פעולות איבה (תיקון - פשעי שנאה)
TL;DRThe amendment expands the definition of 'hostile-action injury' in the benefits law to include injuries committed out of hatred on religious, ethnic, sexual or gender identity grounds or because the victim is a foreign worker.
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What does the bill do?
The proposal amends the Victims of Hostile Actions (Pensions) Law (1970) by adding a new section defining a 'hate injury' as an injury from violence whose main aim is to harm a person because of their belonging to a religious group, their ethnic origin, their sexual orientation, their gender identity, or the fact that they are a foreign worker. The amendment is intended to expand the circle of those eligible for benefits to victims of violence motivated by hatred toward certain groups in Israeli society, in response to the rise in hate-motivated violence.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 67 seats
Left the coalition 9 seats
Opposition 44 seats
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