Discriminatory Laws in Israel

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NameLaw Type IdLaw StatusYear
Israeli Prisons Ordinance - Amendment No. 40 (Meetings with Lawyers) Criminal Law and ProceduresActive2011
Israeli Prisons Ordinance Amendment No. 43 - Prisoner-Attorney MeetingsCriminal Law and ProceduresActive2012
Jewish National Fund Law Land and Planning RightsActive1953
Knesset Law Political ParticipationActive1994
Land (Acquisition for Public Purposes) Ordinance - Amendment No. 10Land and Planning RightsActive2010
Land Acquisition Law (Actions and Compensation)Land and Planning RightsActive1953
Law and Government Ordinance, Article 18AReligionActive1948
Law for Revocation of Citizenship or Residency of a Terrorist who Receives Compensation for Carrying out a Terrorist ActCivil and Political RightsCitizenshipActive2023
Law of Political Parties - Amendment No. 12 Political ParticipationActive2002
Law of ReturnCitizenshipActive1950
Law of Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1969) and Law of Mikve Israel Agricultural School (1976)Culture and LanguageActive1969
Law to Strip Payments from a Current or Former Member of Knesset due to a CrimeEconomic RightsActive2011
Mandatory minimum sentences for convicted stone-throwers - Amendment No. 120 to the Israeli Penal Code Criminal Law and ProceduresActive2015
National Planning and Building LawLand and Planning RightsActive1965
National Planning and Building Law -Limitation of Water, Electricity and Telephone Land and Planning RightsActive1965
National Priority Areas - The Economic Efficiency Law - Legislative Amendments for Implementing the Economic Plan for 2009-2010Economic RightsActive2009
NGO “Funding Transparency” LawFreedom of AssociationActive2016
Order stripping essential procedural safeguards from “security” detainees - Amendment No. 4 to the Criminal Procedure Law (Detainee Suspected of Security Offence) (Temporary Order)Criminal Law and ProceduresActive2015
Protection of Holy Sites LawReligionActive1967
Public Lands Law (Eviction of Squatters)Land and Planning RightsActive1981