Two Arab-Israel passengers on a Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla testified that Israeli soldiers did not allow injured passengers to receive medical attention.
Interior Minister Eli Yishai's proposal has been presented as a method of deterring potential criminals from embarking on terrorist activities, seen as targeting Israeli Arabs in particular.
Film director Jean-Luc Godard will not appear in person to accept an honorary Oscar that some have urged be withdrawn because of views deemed anti-Semitic.