Israel's parliament passed a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, adopted by 62 votes to 55. This law has marginalized 1.8 million Palestinian citizens and leading to the beginning of Racial discrimination.
What is the Jewish Nation state Law?
- Defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
- The state views Jewish settlement as a national value and will labor to encourage and promote its establishment and development
- Convert's Arabic to "special status" from an official language
- Defines undivided Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
- Hebrew is declared as an official language
- National symbols include the Israeli flag, menorah, Jewish holidays, Hatikva anthem, the Hebrew calendar, and Israel's Independence Day
- in Jewish Marriage, Orthodox rabbinate has exclusive purview
- Interreligious marriage within Israel is strictly forbidden by law.
- The minority (1.8 Million Palestinian Arab) will feel alienated with no government to look up to
- Racial Clash among Jews & the minority may increase
- (Historical Note - the 1.7 million Palestinian are the native inhabitants who somehow survived, when European Jews conquered parts of historical Palestine in 1948 )
- There are about 65 laws discriminate against Palestinian and this is the final nail in the coffin
- The Jewish settlement may be increased drastically on the expense on removing the Palestinian
"It has passed a law of Jewish supremacy and told us that we will always be second-class citizens," Ayman Odeh, the head of the Arab Joint List
"The Jewish nation-state law features key elements of apartheid, which is not only immoral but also absolutely prohibited under international law," said Hassan Jabareen, general director of Adalah.
"I think this is racist legislation by a radical right-wing government that is creating radical laws and is planting the seeds to create an apartheid state," said physician Bassam Bisharah, 71.
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