GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Knesset member Anat Berko of the Likud plans to submit a bill in October that criminalizes raising the Palestinian flag or the flag of any anti-Israel state during even tiny gatherings.

The bill outlaws raising the flags of states that are hostile to Israel, non-friendly states or commissions that do not allow the raising of the Israeli flag on their premises. Such individuals will face a one-year prison sentence.

The bill will be submitted to the Knesset at the beginning of the winter session in October and has already received pledges to facilitate its passage, according to the Israel Today newspaper. On Aug. 22, the newspaper reported that Berko had received promises that a Knesset committee intends to exempt the bill from the waiting period of 45 days that regulations require before bills are put to the vote.

The bill came in the wake of a demonstration organized by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel in Tel Aviv on Aug. 11 against the nationality law passed July 19. The law states that Israel is the national state of the Jewish people and that they have an exclusive right to self-determination. Tens of thousands of Palestinian demonstrators took part in the demonstration and waved Palestinian flags, sparking ire in Israeli circles.