- Legislation that would make Holocaust-denial committed
overseas an offense under Israeli legal jurisdiction was approved unanimously
in first reading by the Knesset on Tuesday.
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- The passage of the measure would enable Israel to demand
the extradition of Holocaust-deniers for prosecution.
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- The bill was drafted by MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union)
as a move against former Palestinian Authority prime minister Mahmoud Abbas
(Abu Mazen) for his doctoral dissertation 20 years ago in which he estimated
that the Nazis killed less than a million Jews.
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- It is likely to serve as a deterrence against Holocaust-deniers
visiting Israel, although the possibility of countries consenting to extradition
on the offense is unlikely.
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- The legislation expands the territorial jurisdiction
of the Israeli law against Holocaust-denying outside of it borders.
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