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‘An atmosphere of fear’: free speech under threat in Israel, activists say
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They no longer have to refer back to the state prosecutors, which the human rights lawyer Michael Sfard said removes an important level of legal protection for individual free speech.
At the beginning of last week, Israel’s attorney general’s office also announced that it had instructed universities and colleges to forward cases to the police of students who had posted “words of praise for terrorism”.
In one notable incident, the ultra-orthodox leftwing journalist Israel Frey posted a video saying Kaddish (the Jewish prayer for the dead) for the victims of the Hamas slaughter and Palestinian civilians under fire in Gaza.
Soon afterwards, an anonymous user of the Telegram messaging platform published his address, which was shared widely by rightwing groups, and a mob turned up outside, lobbing fireworks at his windows, forcing him to flee with his family.
Alon-Lee Green, the national director of Standing Together, said Frey’s was just one example of widespread intimidation of Israelis who oppose government policy and collective punishment of Palestinians.
Doxing of personal details and intimidation against peace activists is a widespread phenomenon, said Ori Kol, co-founder of FakeReporter, a group dedicated to combating the spread of misinformation and hate speech online.
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