A broadly-inclusive, far-reaching law codifying the right-wing government’s attack on democracy was approved by a Knesset vote of 57-16 on Wednesday evening, June 15, following six years of negotiations and review by the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. The bill, which applies only to Israel and not to the occupied Palestinian West Bank, will make it possible to indict “passive members of groups classified as terrorist organizations.” The minister of defense will also be entitled to confiscate property believed to belong to outlawed groups, without seeking judicial approval. The new law is based on imperialist British Mandatory emergency statutes in Palestine.