The "Bill on Cultural Loyalty" Facing Difficulties

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, chairman of the Kulanu party, decided on Sunday night to grant his party members the freedom to vote as they please on the "Cultural Loyalty Bill", which was to be submitted. to the Knesset's approval on Monday.

As a result, the bill should not be put to the vote because of the difficulty of getting the majority of Knesset members to vote for it.

The bill, promoted by the Minister of Culture and Sport, Miri Regev, would allow the state to withdraw funds from cultural institutions inciting terrorism.

MEP Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) said on Sunday she was planning to vote against the law. In an interview with Military Radioshe says, "I'm going to have a hard time enforcing the law, you do not bring such a law for a vote when you have a coalition of 61 MPs, and I hope Regev will decide to defer it." Is a law that gives too much power to the Minister of Culture. "

At the same time, Meretz President Tamar Zandberg promised: "We will not stop beating before the law is completely erased and approved by means of sneaky sneaky opportunism." The sigh of relief for some of our friends from Kulanu, who were saved tonight from another spot on their voting record, could be heard all over the country ".

"I call all artists and activists: do not get discouraged.The public struggle is working and we are more than ever on the verge of putting this law back to its proper place – the trash can of history," he said. added Zandberg.

Until Sunday evening, the now-opposition Yisrael Beytenu party did not announce support for the "Cultural Loyalty Bill" because of the coalition's rejection. to support the bill on the death penalty for terrorists, which is promoted by the party of Avigdor Liberman. .

Regev had previously urged Liberman to support his bill, saying: "I do not believe that Liberman will vote against the law with Ahmed Tibi and will award a prize to terrorists and terrorism in the form of funding glorifying terrorist terrorists. public funds. "