Chairman Elazar Stern of the Welfare Fund for Holocaust Victims said, Sunday, that he would demand a law prohibiting the provocative use of Holocaust symbols. Responding to Saturday night's use in a hareidi demonstration of the yellow Star of David of the style that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust in Europe, he said "People who dressedtheir ownchildrenorwho worethe yellow starin front ofcameras cannotbe [allowed to be] walking around free,as theyscornandhurtHolocaust survivors."
The former personnel chief of the Israel Defense Forces continued, "This isnot the first timethe Holocaust is being used forpoliticalgainin the state ofIsrael. A bill that would prohibituse ofthe yellow starforprovocation is long overdue.Without harming freedomof expression anddemocracy,it is somethingbeyond that - Nothing can be compared to the Holocaust." He concluded, "There's no way to arrest those who did it last night. Let's stop those who do it tomorrow."
Member of Knesset Yoel Hasson (Kadima) said, Sunday morning, that he would introduce such a measure.