In Israel yesterday, the
Central Elections Committee, the body within the Knesset that enforces election laws, ruled that two major advertising companies in Israel cannot refuse to sell advertising space to Noam-- a far-right religious conservative party known for its opposition to gay rights. As reported by the
Times of Israel, the advertising companies-- which control large amounts of the billboard and bus advertising space-- objected to ads targeting gays and Reform Jews. The ads read:
[Gay] pride and the buying of children, or having my son marry a woman – Israel chooses to be normal.
Reform [Judaism] or my grandson remains Jewish – Israel chooses to be normal.
Israel's 1959 Election Law (Publicizing Methods) prohibit companies selling election advertising from discriminating between political parties in any way. The Elections Committee's decision was handed down by Supreme Court Justice
Neal Hendel.
