Luke Garratt
Daily Mail
January 16, 2014
Israel has passed the first step on the road to more severe banning of the use of Nazi symbols and offensive ideology.
The ban would stop the use of all Nazi symbols and expressing remorse for the fall of the Nazi regime, and would make calling someone a Nazi illegal, with a punishment of up to six months in prison and a fine of 100,000 shekels (around £20,000).
In addition, the law would ban the use of the Jewish Star of David symbol when used in the context of the internment camps or in reference to the holocaust.
The bill has passed its first reading, but still has two more readings before it can become a law.