Jerusalem Post
06-21-1995
MKS were talking about sex again yesterday, when two bills relating to ads for sex services were discussed by the Knesset Law Committee.
The Knesset Education Committee is also considering the issue of these advertisements and has established a public panel to draw up recommendations on the issue.
A bill proposed by MK Esther Salmovitz (Yi'ud) suggests a five-year sentence for anyone using children or the image of children in such ads; a bill by Hanan Porat (National Religious Party) recommends a six-month sentence for publicizing a place of prostitution or three months for publishing ads describing immoral acts.
Although Ma'ariv editor Ya'acov Erez and Ha'aretz editor Hanoch Mamari were present, no Yediot Aharonot representative turned up. The absence was condemned by committee chairman Dedi Zucker. Zucker, however, recommended freezing the bills while asking the editors to exercise self-restraint, saying he was against legislation on matters concerning the press.
The discussion focused on the limits of freedom of the press and freedom of occupation when they encroach on the basic law protecting human dignity.
The editors noted that their readers have also protested the advertisements. But while Marmari, representing the Press Council, called for seperating the ads from the rest of the paper rather than banning them, Erez said this is technically impractical. Marmari also stressed that children could be exposed to such services via electronic means such as Internet and cable television, not just newspapers.
Deputy Attorney-General Yehudit Karp said the attorney-general's office had asked the police to investigate specific advertisements that allegedly violate the existing anti-pornography laws.
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