The Israeli Parliament approved this Monday a law that allows the Minister of Defense to classify non-Israeli people or organizations as terrorist agents, without having previously been classified as such by any foreign organization.
Until now, Israel’s Defense Minister, a position currently held by Yoav Gallant, had no independent authority to declare individuals or organizations terrorists.
Furthermore, non-Israelis could only be considered terrorists if a qualified international entity first made the designation.
The new law, passed in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) and which modifies the existing Anti-Terrorism Law in Israel, also expands the definition of terrorism to include people who actively participate in financing or equipping an organization considered terrorist, even if they do not do so. are. Official members of this organization.
The National Counter-Terrorism Financing Office of the Israeli Ministry of Defense imposes financial sanctions against terrorist organizations, a tool it considers effective in the fight against terrorism.
The new law is approved after more than a month of war between Israel and the Islamic movement Hamas, considered terrorist by the Jewish State, the United States and the European Union.
Israel has bombed Gaza incessantly, by air, land and sea, for more than five weeks, in response to the unprecedented attack perpetrated on its territory on October 7 by Hamas, a group considered terrorist by the European Union and the United States.
Since October 7, Israeli bombings have killed 11,240 people, mostly civilians, including 4,630 children, in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.
The Hamas attack caused around 1,200 deaths on the Israeli side, most of them civilians killed on October 7, according to the latest official Israeli data.
Source: TSF
