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Zelensky Signs Law Against Antisemitism in Ukraine: Up to 8 Years in Prison
(blogs.timesofisrael.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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Why is there need of special law against anti semitism? anti semitism is NOT different from any other kind of bigotry.
The way western countries engage in jewish exceptionalism like this is one of the major reason Israel has audacity to carry out its crimes, not to mention how these laws will be misused against pro palestine protestors.
This is not a special law against antisemitism. This is a generic law against incitement of hate and discrimination, with more serious punishments if violence is done, or if a group does it, or if serious consequences happen.
They added the word "anti-semitism" to the list of forbidden forms of incitement (it already forbade inciting ethnic and religous hate).
The Israeli newspaper makes it sound special, but it really is not.
Are there any other hate crimes regarding specific religion in that list?
Nope. That makes it somewhat odd.
yup, thanks for the context tho.
This may be the wrong question, but if the notion is special treatment toward a particular religion, I need to ask… and please forgive my ignorance… what mainstream examples exist of words like “antisemitism,” but regarding some other specific religion?
I’m trying to rule out the idea that this inclusion isn’t just a matter of listing off different common types of hate crimes. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any words beside “antisemitism,” though I do know (1) “antisemitism” is specific to Judaism and (2) hate crime can target any religion. So, to be more fair, what else should they have included in the list?
Islamophobia? Words like that can be made up about almost any ethnicity or religion. What wouldve been ideal will be to either not make this law or just simply say any kind of bigotry