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Israeli businesses decry calls to revise anti-discrimination law
People march during the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, Israel, 02 August 2018 Source: AAP / ABIR SULTAN
Several leading Israeli businesses have pledged to strengthen their internal anti-discrimination rules following remarks by hard-right members of Israel's incoming government seen as undermining gender equality and minority rights. The remarks, including a call to scrap the Jerusalem gay pride march and another to ease a ban on individuals who support terror or racism from running for parliament, have alarmed many Israelis and drawn a warning from the country's president.
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