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The bill comes after a wave of incriminating videos showing troops abusing and, in some cases, killing Palestinians that have gone viral on social media or been featured in the mainstream media.

In one such case, an Israeli soldier was caught on film fatally shooting an already neutralized Palestinian militant in Hebron. Soldier Elor Azaria was later put on trial and convicted of manslaughter by a military court. Footage taken by a photographer working with the human rights organization B’Tselem formed the core of the evidence against him. Azaria served nine months in prison and was released last month.

The legislation has been drafted by Knesset member Robert Ilatov, a member of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party. The bill’s introduction says such videos have become far too commonplace.

“For many years, the State of Israel has witnessed a worrisome phenomenon in which Israeli soldiers are being documented via video, still photography and audio recordings by anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian groups,” reads the bill’s opening statement.

It cites a handful of Israeli human rights groups, as well as those involved in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel.

“In many instances, these organizations spend entire days standing near soldiers waiting with bated breath for some action that they can document in a biased way in order to slander the army. Such documentation generally interferes with ongoing and operational duties, sometimes accompanied by insults shouted at them,” reads the bill.