Friday, August 10, 2018

Israel's Nationality Law Is Not Discriminatory

by Prof. Shmuel Sandler

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The newly passed “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People,” known as the Nationality Bill, does nothing to damage the equality of Israel’s non-Jewish citizens. That is because it addresses the state’s national identity, not the civil rights of its citizens. Introducing the issue of civil liberties to the nationality law, where it does not belong, would effectively imply recognition of Israel as a binational state.

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