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Islam Online
A law banning government employees from using torture has been proposed by Israel's Justice Ministry recently.
Tuesday, ministry spokesman Ido Baum said the bill is designed to bring Israeli law into compliance with a 1991 international treaty, and is unrelated to a recent Supreme Court decision banning physical force by Shin Bet security service agents.
The Justice Ministry bill would only strengthen a 1977 law prohibiting government workers from using threats, violence or humiliation to extract information.
Currently, legislators and academics are reviewing the bill and should it be approved, it will be introduced in parliament.
Baum went on to say that the bill would not affect Shin Bet operations because the Supreme Court has already barred the agency from using physical force in interrogations.
Reuven Rivlin, opposition Likud lawmaker, who opposes that ruling, has proposed a law allowing interrogators to use physical force to extract information that could save lives, such as details about an imminent terrorist attack.
Justice Minister Yossi Beilin has warned that any law in conflict with the court ruling would be overruled.
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