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Israeli parliament bill criminalises ‘consumption of terrorist materials’

Israeli security officers patrol a street in Jerusalem on November 6. [FADEL SENNA/AFP]

Israel’s parliament has passed an amendment to the country’s counterterrorism law that introduces the “consumption of terrorist materials” as a new criminal offence.

The bill, which was approved by a 13-4 majority in the Knesset, is a temporary two-year measure that amends Article 24 of the counterterrorism law to ban the “systematic and continuous consumption of publications of a terrorist organization under circumstances that indicate identification with the terrorist organization”.

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