Recently the Israeli Knesset enacted a new anti-spam amendment.
The amendment relates to the existing prohibition against the
transmission of advertisements via facsimile, computerized
autodialer ("robocall"), e-mail or SMS without the
addressee "opting in" by expressing, prior written
consent (commonly known as "spam" or "junk
mail"). The amendment now includes in such prohibition any
advertisement disseminated to the public at large that asks for a
contribution or that constitutes non-commercial propaganda.
However, the above prohibition shall not apply to requests for
'contributions' that are within the realm of political
contributions for the purpose of contending in primaries pursuant
to the Political Parties Law, in elections for the Knesset and in
elections to head a local authority or as part of a list of
candidates for a local authority. The prohibition shall not apply
to the dissemination of "propaganda" containing political
messages, including election
