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By LAHAV HARKOV 24 Nov 2015, 05:06 nachm. Proposal seeks to follow similar ideas suggested in France, US. Photo by: screenshot New legislation that would shut mosques in which there is incitement to terrorism was proposed by MK Bezalel Smotrich (Bayit Yehudi) Tuesday. Smotrich’s proposal would allow the government to order any structure in which there is regular incitement to be closed. The bill is inspired by similar initiatives in France and a call by Donald Trump, a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the US, which Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), another candidate, said he supported last week. Its explanatory portion states that “studies show that sometimes criminal terrorist actions are a result of wild incitement by religious figures in mosques who give speeches that inflame those present to go out to wage jihad in the name of God.” “Such behavior was prohibited years ago in the penal code, but the law does not relate to the place in which the incitement and calls to violence happen,” the bill explains. Smotrich said Israel must use all the tools it has to fight terrorism. “The well-oiled Arab incitement machine is the platform on which terrorism grows, and the time has come to take care of it,” he said. “We cannot allow mosques to be used as fertile ground for incitement and terrorism. We are saying enough. Enough incitement in the name of religion, enough murder in the name of religion.” The Bayit Yehudi MK added that his proposal will help bring back Israel’s deterrence and send a clear message that any place that houses incitement will be shut down.

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