Israel and 'loyalty' law.

This is more than slightly disturbing.

The bill is part of two draft laws proposed by the Israel Beiteinu.

The first is the Loyalty Oath Law that obliges all Palestinian Israelis to pledge allegiance to the Jewish identity of the state.

The second is the Nakba Law, which bans commemoration of the 1948 dispossession of the Palestinians as a result of the creation of Israel.

Are you serious? The first one makes Israel not a democracy, but a democratic theocracy- which is what people should be calling it, in my opinion (and even then, I'm wary on the democratic bit of it).

The second is just a disgusting attempt to silence the controversy out of which Israel was born. That's akin to the United States passing a law banning the commemoration of any Ameri-Indian massacre, or commemoration of the Trail of Tears, or any Ameri-Indian resettlement. There's a difference between being ashamed of your past and outright trying to erase it. There should be nothing wrong with saying 'yes, our nation-state was created in extreme controversy, but that's not enough of a justification to un-create it'. Nothing at all with letting people commemorate what they wish.

And what are the ramifications of breaking said law?

the bill stipulates one-year imprisonment of any person who makes "such public statement"

Are you kidding me?