Nakba Law
"Fundamentals of Finance - Amendment No. 40", sometimes referred to as the Nakba Law, is a 2011 Israeli law which has received criticism for limiting freedom of speech pertaining to the Nakba. The law affects organizations which are funded, in whole or in part, by the government. The law authorizes the Minister of Finance to withhold a limited amount of state funds from any government-funded institution or body that commemorates “Israel’s Independence Day or the day on which the state was established as a day of mourning”, or that denies the existence of Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.”

The amount of state funds withheld directly correlates to the amount of money spent on the event, capped at at most three times the amount of money spent. Background 
The law was first proposed in 2008 by Alex Miller. The proposal was preliminarily approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on May 24, 2009. The proposal was rejected and sent to the Committee for Constitution, Law, and Justice for revision. Thirty-seven members of the Knesset voted in favor of the Nakba Law, and twenty-five voted against, but sixty out of 120 MKs did not show up for the vote, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Provisions
The law affects organizations which are funded, in whole or in part, by the government. It declares that the Minister of Finance is authorized to withhold transfer of state funds, if the primary goal of the funds spent was to do one of the following:

Denying the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
Incitement of racism, violence, or terrorism
Supporting armed conflict or acts of terror, of an enemy state or a terror organization, against the State of Israel 
Referring to the Israeli Independence Day or the founding day of the country as a day of mourning
An act of vandalism or physical debasement of the flag or symbols of the state

Effects 
In 2019, Tel Aviv University cancelled a lecture by the politician Ofer Cassif, citing the law as the reason. This was the first instance of an academic institution heeding this law. See also 

 Nakba denial

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Anti-Palestinian sentiment in Israel
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