A bill sponsored by MK (Bayit HaYehudi) Zevulun Orlev was approved by the Ministerial Legislative Committee on Sunday; a bill intended to halt the unwanted ads and solicitations received in our mail boxes.

If passed into law, advertisers would be prohibited under penalty of law to hang adverts on private buildings, in lobbies, near or in mailboxes or any other private property. One may only do so after obtaining prior permission from a resident or housing committee (vaad bayit). Those in violation would be compelled to make compensatory payment, but the amount does not appear in the draft bill.

The bill has been presented, without success in the past, but this time around, the government is supporting the move. It should be presented for a first reading in Knesset and then to the Justice Ministry for fine tuning.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)